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Visual Arts Book Review: “Florine Stettheimer: A Biography” — One of American Art’s Greatest Enigmas

The volume’s overarching goal is to restore Florine Stettheimer to what the biographer sees as her rightful reputation as one of the great American artists of the 20th century.

By: Peter Walsh Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Florine Stettheimer, Florine Stettheimer: A Biography, peter-Walsh

Visual Arts Commentary: Reordering Design Priorities Through Biometric Research

The cognitive architecture approach espoused by the Human Architecture and Planning Institute is applying a welcome new paradigm that responds in a fresh way to the built environment.

By: Mark Favermann Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: Mark Favermann, The Human Architecture and Planning Institute

Visual Arts Remembrance: Artist Ashley Bryan

Ashley Bryan was a remarkable artist and legendary figure in Maine and New York who passed away at the beginning of February.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: Ashley Bryan, Tim Jackson

Visual Arts Review: “America’s Past-time” — Are We Having Fun Yet?

The strength of Robert Freeman’s Black figures, even as they endure humiliation or violence, remains a prominent element in his vision.

By: Chloe Pingeon Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Black art, Child’s Gallery, Chloe Pingeon, Robert Freeman

Visual Arts Review: Friction Among Minimalists

Seeing Eleanor Antin’s 100 Boots all in one place is exciting — this work of “postal art” is still explosive. Fred Sandback’s minimalist pieces offer a quiet contrast.

By: Eva Rosenfeld Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Amy Stacey Curtis, Axis — Twelve Points, Bronlyn Jones, Eleanor Antin, Eva Rosenfeld, Franz Erhard Walther, Fred Sandback, Krakow Witkin Gallery, No. 2, Parts and Time, Six Axes

Visual Arts Review: “Ways to Baffle the Wind” — Exploring Humanity and Nature at Mass MoCA

Yto Barrada’s intent in this show is not to warn about environmental catastrophe so much as to explore where culture and the natural world meet.

By: Chloe Pingeon Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Chloe Pingeon, MASS MoCA, Ways to Baffle the Wind, Yto Barrada

Book Review Round-Up: Why Art Books, and … Why Now?!?

Can somebody tell me, tell me please, why there’s suddenly such a profusion, a torrent… almost a glut, of significant art history books entering the marketplace right about now?

By: Timothy Francis Barry Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: by Kurt Schwitters, George Rickey: A Life In Balance, Harold Rosenberg: A Critic’s Life, Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines, Myself and My Aims: Writings On Art and Art Criticism, Timothy Francis Barry

Visual Art Review: Krzysztof Wodiczko — The Art of Interrogative Design

Both of these exhibits are examples of the artist as a 21st century shaman — a prophetic, as well as a creative, force.

By: Mark Favermann Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Druker Design Gallery, Harvard-Art-Museums, Krzysztof Wodiczko

Visual Arts Review: Helina Metaferia’s “Generations” — A Story of Heritage and a Call for Change

The social message of Generations is powerful and clear: it is time to be AWAKE + OUTRAGED.

By: Chloe Pingeon Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Chloe Pingeon, Helina Metaferia, Helina Metaferia: Generation, ICA

Visual Arts Commentary: NFT Art — Disinterested Creativity or an Investment Strategy?

Clearer heads conclude that there will be plenty of cultural space for both physical art and this highly monetized new digital art.

By: Mark Favermann Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: Beginnings², Boston Cyberarts Gallery, CryptoArt, George Fifield, Mark Favermann, NFT art

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