Artscope Magazine lists three exhibitions

Artscope Magazine on Wednesday pointed readers to three exhibitions now on view across New England: Catherine Kernan’s “Intention and Surprise” at Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts in Brattleboro, Vermont; Rohini Devasher’s “Solar Poetics” at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut; and “En/Lighten: Material & Metaphor” at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Artscope referenced the shows in a social post tied to its email blast. The three exhibitions are all already open, according to the institutions’ exhibition pages. Mitchell Giddings lists Kernan’s show from August 22 to October 18, 2026; the Bruce Museum lists Devasher’s from August 22 to November 29, 2026; and the Rose lists “En/Lighten” from August 19, 2026, to June 6, 2027. ### Which three exhibitions did Artscope single out? (mitchellgiddingsfinearts.com) Artscope’s roundup named Catherine Kernan, Rohini Devasher and the group exhibition “En/Lighten: Material & Metaphor.” The selections span a commercial gallery in Brattleboro and two university- or museum-based institutions in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Mitchell Giddings identifies Kernan’s exhibition as a presentation of monotypes and related print work. (mitchellgiddingsfinearts.com) The gallery says Kernan is a printmaker and co-founder of Somerville, Massachusetts-based Mixit Print Studio, and describes the work as abstract but grounded in direct observation of nature. ### What is Catherine Kernan showing in Brattleboro? Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts says “Catherine Kernan: Intention and Surprise” opened August 22 at 181-183 Main Street in Brattleboro. (mitchellgiddingsfinearts.com) The gallery’s exhibition page says the show runs through October 18 and notes an opening reception and a hands-on printmaking demonstration that took place on opening day. The gallery says Kernan works with woodcuts, drypoint, monotypes and Akua intaglio inks. (mitchellgiddingsfinearts.com) Artscope’s own event listing described the exhibition as featuring large-scale woodcut monoprints. ### What is “Solar Poetics” at the Bruce Museum? The Bruce Museum says “Rohini Devasher: Solar Poetics” opened August 22 in Greenwich. The museum describes Devasher, born in 1978 in New Delhi, as an artist working at the intersection of art and science, with a practice that investigates ecology, cosmic space and atmospheric science through video, installation, drawing and printmaking. (mitchellgiddingsfinearts.com) One work highlighted by the Bruce is “One Hundred Thousand Suns” from 2023, a four-channel video installation built from more than a century of solar observation. A Bruce support page says the exhibition brings together immersive video, drawing and installation inspired by the sun and the cosmos. ### What does the Rose mean by “En/Lighten”? The Rose Art Museum says “En/Lighten: Material & Metaphor” examines light as both a physical phenomenon and a symbolic force. (brucemuseum.org) The museum’s exhibition text says the show draws from the Rose’s permanent collection and focuses on the ways contemporary artists have used artificial light as an expressive medium with emotional, political and metaphysical meaning. Brandeis lists the Rose Art Museum at 415 South Street in Waltham and says the museum is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Rose’s upcoming programs page says a fall exhibitions celebration on September 9 will include “En/Lighten,” along with “ChromaForm” and “Jenna Gribbon: Entwined.” ### What are the next public dates attached to these shows? The Bruce Museum has scheduled a public program tied to Devasher’s exhibition, “Experiences at the Bruce: Borrowed Light, An Evening with Artist Rohini Devasher.” The museum says the event will include a presentation, audience Q&A and a conversation with Brinda Kumar, associate curator of modern and contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (brandeis.edu 1) (brandeis.edu 2) The Rose Art Museum’s next named event connected to its fall season is the September 9 exhibitions celebration in Waltham. Mitchell Giddings lists Kernan’s exhibition as continuing through October 18, while the Bruce lists Devasher’s through November 29 and the Rose lists “En/Lighten” through June 6, 2027. (mitchellgiddingsfinearts.com) (brucemuseum.org)