Is the pandemic over? It looks like social behavior will be the determinant of that! So far, 2022 has been shaping up to be a memorable and celebratory artful year. Could the art world mark the ending of this global health crisis? All corners of the world are finally hosting biennials, triennials, retrospectives, art fairs, festivals, and the cherry on top is that traveling resumes. We are back in business, not business as usual... but something in between. For those who don’t have a magic carpet or cannot attend exciting and glamorous art events abroad, there is no shortage of local and regional options to experience the art world. Located eight miles from Boston in Watertown, the Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts presents, from May 5 to June 30, an exhibition that brings artists’ personal experiences, including fiction and non-fiction narratives, with political, … [Read more...] about DISPLACEMENT ACROSS CULTURES: SELF-REFLECTION & HEALING AT MOSESIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Five exhibits are currently on display at the RISD Museum, “Drawing Closer: Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum,” “Trading Earth: Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce,” “Striking Chords: Music in Ukiyo-e Prints,” “Variance: Making, Unmaking, and Remaking Disability,” and “Inherent Vice.” And each exhibition highlights a different aspect of the RISD Museum’s collection and mission as an institution. First, “Drawing Closer” brings together 67 works by European artists dating back to the 16th century that “consider how and why drawings were created, paying special attention to the materials they were made of and to the functions they served both in the artist’s studio and in the world outside it.” While each of the drawings in this exhibition is a masterful example of illustration, two in particular stuck out. First, Jane Ogden’s “Bluebells and Primroses with a Bird’s … [Read more...] about POIGNANT REFLECTIONS: 400 YEARS OF METHODS AND TECHNIQUES AT RISD MUSEUM