Reviews, features, interviews, and critical perspectives on art and culture across New England.
FEATURED EXHIBITION STEVE LYONS: FALL INTO ART CRUSH BOUTIQUE 264 NEWBURY STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS NOVEMBER 9 THROUGH DECEMBER 30 STEVE LYONS GALLERY 463 MAIN STREET CHATHAM, MASSACHUSETTS By Brian Goslow […]
FEATURED GALLERY FLEXTIME: DAVID KATZ 3S ARTSPACE 319 VAUGHAN STREET PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MUSEUM OF ART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE By Linda Chestney As […]
COVER STORY STILL LIFE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING 299 WEST AVENUE NORWALK, CONNECTICUT By J. Fatima Martins If Pandora, considered the first human woman in Greek mythology, had been an […]
REVIEW PEOPLE WATCHING: THEN AND NOW FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM 185 ELM STREET FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS Flavia Cigliano From the first primitive marks people made to depict their external world or internal […]
REVIEW YUAN YUNSHENG: CHINESE MYTH, FOLKLORE AND HISTORY TUFTS UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY AIDEKMAN ARTS CENTER 40 TALBOT AVENUE MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS By Franklin W. Liu Even at 80, contemporary Chinese muralist […]
FEATURED EXHIBITION RESONANT SPACES: SOUND ART AT DARTMOUTH HOOD DOWNTOWN 53 MAIN STREET HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE By Marguerite Serkin As a genre, sound art is still very young, even nascent […]
REVIEW BE OF LOVE AND OTHER STORIES: CONTEMPORARY HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION NEWPORT ART MUSEUM 76 BELLEVUE AVENUE NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND By Suzanne Volmer Newport Art Museum curator Francine […]
REVIEW CLOSE TO HOME ART COMPLEX MUSEUM 189 ALDEN STREET DUXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS By Suzanne Volmer Because of their tactile quality, there is often a compelling urge to touch the installations […]
REVIEW MIGRATION AND MEMORY: JEWISH ARTISTS OF THE RUSSIAN AND SOVIET EMPIRES MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ICONS 203 UNION STREET CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS By Flavia Cigliano Conceived to coincide with the cen- […]
COLLEGE SPOTLIGHT CHINESE DREAMS BAKALAR & PAINE GALLERIES MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN 621 HUNTINGTON AVENUE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS By Franklin W. Liu “The visionary lies to himself; the liar […]
By James Foritano BOSTON, MA — How best to introduce a play reeking with the ambiguities and ambivalences of the human situation is perhaps to start with a few paragraphs […]
By James Foritano CAMBRIDGE, Ma — Charlie Baker, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ very tall governor, is standing at a podium in the lobby of LabCentral, deep in the heart of […]