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Book Review: “Leon Battista Alberti: The Chameleon’s Eye” — Not Your Classic Renaissance Man

This splendid biography of Leon Battista Alberti, beautifully produced, with a rich selection of well-placed and well-reproduced illustrations, vividly portrays one of the most complex and fascinating figures in a complex and fascinating time, one whose preoccupations are entirely relevant today.

By: Peter Walsh Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Casper Pearson, Leon Battista Alberti: The Chameleon’s Eye, peter-Walsh, Reaktion Books

Visual Arts Review: The Trouble with “Symbionts” — and an Unlikely Antidote

Many of the entries in Symbionts do not question scientific worldviews as much as attempt to validate art in a world ruled unquestionably by science.

By: Helen Miller, Michael Strand Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: List Visual Arts Center, MIT List Visual Arts Center, symbiont, Symbionts: Contemporary Artists and the Biosphere

Visual Arts Commentary: Mid-Century Modern Furniture — Elegant Simplicity and Timeless Aesthetic Style

The allure of clean lines, gentle curves, and organic shapes.

By: Mark Favermann Filed Under: Arts and Sciences, Commentary, Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: Herman Miller, Isamu Noguchi, Mark Favermann

Book Review: “Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life” — Less Intriguing But Even More Mysterious

As befits an official biography, Silver and Greenwald approach their subject with decorum and respect: they neither hide nor emphasize potentially controversial elements, carefully outlining the sources of money in Isabella’s family and the old Boston Brahmin fortune of her devoted husband.

By: Peter Walsh Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Diana Seave Greenwald, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum, Nathaniel Silver, Princeton University Press

Visual Arts Feature: “Life of Pi” — Imagination by Design at The A.R.T.

The most mesmerizing characters in this stunningly visual production are brilliant life-size puppets.

By: Mark Favermann Filed Under: Featured, Theater, Visual Arts Tagged: American Repertory Theater, Life of Pi, Lolita Chakra, Max Webster, Puppets

Visual Arts Feature: Leonard Cohen — Peering Behind the Public Persona

Despite Leonard Cohen’s outward humility, he was, in fact, an artist who very much cultivated acclaim, and wanted that attention to endure.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Preview, Visual Arts Tagged: Art Gallery of Ontario, Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows

Book Reviews: Art Museums — Anything But Neutral

It’s tempting to frame these books as opposing sides in an argument, Old School Establishment vs. Progressive Left. They are more like parallel universes; their opinions and even their terms rarely converge.

By: Peter Walsh Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Daniel H. Weiss, Decolonize Museums, peter-Walsh, Shimrit Lee, Why The Museum Matters

Visual Arts Review: Venice Through American Eyes — At the Mystic Seaport Museum

The allure of Venice, as crafted by Venetian artisans, seduced American artists and collectors, who traveled across the world and brought back their prizes to American homes and eventually to museums.

By: David D'Arcy Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: David D'Arcy, James Abbott McNeil Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Murano glassworks, Mystic Seaport Museum

Arts Remembrance: Art and Technology Guru George Fifield

The new media advocate, curator, and artist mentor passed away at the age of 72.

By: Mark Favermann Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: art and technology, Boston Cyberarts, Cyberarts Festival, George Fifield

Visual Arts Review: Ukrainian Art Today — Crystallizing the Immediacy of War

These are individual expressions of how it feels to live in a war zone, not scenes of valiant fighters intended to recruit more combatants.

By: Kathleen Stone Filed Under: Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: Grimshaw-Gudewicz Galler, Kathleen Stone, New Art Corridor, Ukrainian artists

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