Visual Arts

Visual Arts Review: A Trio of Shows at the Griffin Museum of Photography

December 22, 2024
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A look at three exhibitions of photography — two of them shine a revealing light on personal and political concerns.

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Visual Arts Review: “Draw Them In, Paint Them Out” — An Exhibition Whose Time Has Passed

December 22, 2024
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Museum exhibitions take a long time to put together, and the circumstances that justify them at their inception sometimes evaporate by the time they appear.

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Visual Arts Review: Let Us Now Praise Famous Women — “Paula Modersohn-Becker: I Am Me”

December 17, 2024
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The refrain leveled at so many brilliant woman artists is also often attached to Modersohn-Becker: she died too young for us to really know if she could have achieved greatness. But that claim does not hold up in the face of the works here.

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Visual Arts Review: At the Danforth Art Museum — Strong Exhibitions That Will Get You Thinking

December 10, 2024
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A look at three exhibitions by New England artists who are concerned about climate change and gun violence.

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Visual Arts Review: “The Dance of Life” American Style — Not Renaissance-Ready

November 29, 2024
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The symbolism here can grate loudly against reality. Those panels extolling the creativity and stoic virtues of the American working class clash with the ways workers were actually treated during the Gilded Age.

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Visual Arts Review: Wading Through “Deep Waters” at the MFA

November 21, 2024
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By juxtaposing different artistic approaches, the past with the present, Deep Waters offers a fresh way to consider what we humans have done to the ocean, to the creatures that depend on it, and to each other.

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Visual Arts Review: “Power of the People: Art and Democracy” — A Timely Response to a Powerful Threat

November 18, 2024
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Let’s hope the exhibit inspires some critical thinking about the importance and fragility of democracy, both here and around the world.

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Visual Arts Interview: Brookline Sculptor Murray Dewart on His Show at the Boston Sculptors Gallery

November 15, 2024
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The 77-year-old Brookline sculptor has been exploring many sides of his chosen craft since his days as a senior at Harvard. And he was already dabbling in all sorts artistic endeavors long before that.

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Visual Arts Review: Homage to “The Gunshine State” — The Met Museum Hosts Photos by Anastasia Samoylova and Walker Evans 

November 13, 2024
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In this illuminating show you’ll recognize the state that (for now) is home to Donald Trump and was the habitat for Jeffrey Epstein and a wide range of other dangerous creatures.

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Visual Arts Review: Manet at the Gardner — The Tension Between Revelation and Obfuscation

November 9, 2024
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It is a great gift that the Gardner Museum has made such a strong and lively exhibition, presented exclusively in Boston, devoted to Manet.

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