Lauren Kaufmann

Visual Arts Review: The Spirit and the Street — Allan Rohan Crite’s Portrait of Community

November 16, 2025
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As an artist, Allan Crite was always observing, drawing, and thinking about his Boston—the buildings, streets, parks, and playgrounds of Lower Roxbury and the South End.

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Visual Arts Review: A Painter Among Poets — Grace Hartigan’s “Gift of Attention”

November 3, 2025
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The exhibit highlights the interplay between Grace Hartigan and the circle of modern poets who became her friends, supporters, and in some cases, patrons.

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Visual Arts Review: Enduring Abstraction — Indigenous Artists Reclaim the Present at the ICA

October 21, 2025
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By engaging with this work, museum visitors are likely to gain a greater appreciation for — and understanding of — the wide-ranging talents of Indigenous artists.

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Book Review: “The War of Art” — Waging Creative Defiance

June 19, 2025
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The book provides ample proof that activist artists, when determined, can use their work to influence our thinking in positive ways, and effect change.

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Visual Art Review: “Dream Upon the River” — Boston’s Public Art Is Blooming

June 5, 2025
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Viewing the art while strolling along the Muddy River gives city-dwellers and visitors a reason to linger and enjoy one of the city’s oldest and most beautiful open spaces.

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Visual Arts Review: “Counter History: Contemporary Art” — Embracing New Perspectives

May 28, 2025
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This exhibition is evidence of the venerable museum’s interest in expanding its collections so that more voices and perspectives can contribute to our understanding of our own complicated history.

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Visual Arts Review: “Phyllis Ewen: Inundation” — Speaking to the Unraveling of the Environment

May 8, 2025
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Phyllis Ewen ponders humanity’s perilous relationship with the earth, expressing her concerns through her artwork.

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Visual Arts Review: “Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon” — Art Harmonious

April 25, 2025
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While he paints, Stanley Whitney listens to and is inspired by jazz. Miles Davis’s album “Bitches Brew” is his constant companion in the studio.

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Visual Arts Review: “Leonora Carrington: Dream Weaver” — Surrealist Sorcery

April 7, 2025
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Reluctant to explain the meaning of her art, Leonora Carrington chose to let the magic and mystery of her inner life reveal itself through the imaginary animal/human creatures and fantastic landscapes of her paintings.

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Visual Arts Review: “Waters of the Abyss” — Beautiful Testaments to Haitian Resistance

March 26, 2025
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While offering a window into artist Fabiola Jean-Louis’s examination of her cultural and personal identity, the exhibit also provides a deeper understanding of the Haitian struggle for freedom.

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