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Left: Suzanne Revy, Hotel Window (detail), 32” x 36”; Right: Michael Sterling, Period Piece (detail), 24” x 18”.
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Elevated at Copley Society of Art: Quietly Powerful

By J. Fatima Martins

There are moments in contemporary art where one is confronted with the big question: Why do I need to contemplate an exhibition when it looks conventional? Hasn’t this been done […]

Diane Teubner, Ethel (steps out with her beau), 2016, oil on canvas, 10 units, 6” x 6”, 5 over 5, total dimensions variable.
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CHALLENGING BOUNDARIES: WICKED HARD AT ROOM 83 SPRING

By Elizabeth Michelman

Now entering its sixth year in a Watertown storefront, Room 83 Spring continues to insist local artists challenge their own artistic boundaries — and ours. To this end, directors Ellen […]

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ROCKING AND ROLLING: GONSON GOES BEYOND THE IMAGE

By Jacob Cutler

“Visages de Punk,” CambridgeSeven’s current exhibition, is Boston photographer JJ Gonson’s ode to Boston’s vibrant punk scene of the mid-to-late 1980s through the first half of the 1990s. This show […]

Zokos, Sprouts in the Cracks.
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FROM BOGOTÁ TO BOSTON: STREET ARTISTS AT SSAC

By Brian Goslow

Before Kim Alemian, graphic designer and webmaster for the South Shore Art Center, visited Colombia in 2015, she hadn’t seen street art (or graffiti) as a genuine art form — […]

Kyle Cooper, Across the Universe, Strawberry Fields, 2007, film still.
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COOPER AT LESLEY: CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE

By Franklin W. Liu

In a world where image and imagination merge, Lesley University, in celebration of the recent opening of their newly expanded VFX/Animation Department, is enthusiastically highlighting Kyle Cooper’s signature work in […]

LEFT: Christine Kyle, Baroquehr. RIGHT: Gin Stone, Freyja.
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FLOWERS OR SEX? CREATURE COMFORTS AT CAA

By Beth Neville

Four local artists will create an installation of “Creature Comforts” at the Cambridge Art Association’s Kathryn Schultz Gallery from October 6 through November 2. The installation will be accompanied by […]

Warm Nothingness, 2016, acrylic on panel, 11” x 14”.
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START MAKING SENSE: HOULE QUESTIONS SPACE AND PLACE

By Taryn Plumb

On a recent visit to the sites of ancient cave drawings in France, Jenn Houle couldn’t help but be awed and humbled by their sheer majesty and history — but […]

LEFT: Anita Loomis, So Sophisticated, oil on canvas, 30” x 30”. RIGHT: Anita Loomis, Witness, oil on canvas, 30” x 30”.
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PARTICIPATORY GUESSING GAME: UNTOLD STORIES AT FOUNTAIN STREET

By J. Fatima Martins

The immediate condition and activity conveyed within the pictures made by painters Anita Loomis and Alexandra Rozenman is extrapolation. As the title of their current exhibition, “Untold Stories,” directly tells […]

Thousandth Hour II, 2017, polyester fabrics, 54” x 60” x 1”.
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ROOM TO BREATHE: MALIK IN PROVIDENCE

By Suzanne Volmer

Saberah Malik is a contemporary process artist deeply connected to the potential and integrity of her materials. She has a reputation of experimentation as a maker of emotive fabric sculptures. […]

Joy Brown, Kneeler, bronze. Photograph by Tom Soboleski.
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OUT AND ABOUT IN CT: WAA SCULPTURE WALK

By Tom Soboleski

Nestled within the hills and dales of northwest Connecticut lies a world-class sculpture exhibit that envelops you into its bucolic setting. With pieces as diverse as a “giant tulip” that […]

LEFT: Moose, 1958, oil on linen, 34” x 42” (© Lois Dodd, courtesy of Alexandre Gallery, New York.) RIGHT: Chickens, 1957-58, oil on linen, 42” x 54” (© Lois Dodd, courtesy of Alexandre Gallery, New York.)
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SEEING IS BELIEVING: DODD AT OGUNQUIT

By Linda Chestney

Technology says that an airbrush refines a painting. Tradition says it’s a paintbrush. Smart artists know that art is delivered by the eyes, which ignite the senses. Open your eyes […]