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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

Book Review: “The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World” — Forever Out of Reach

Paul Fisher’s back-and-forth tease about John Singer Sargent’s sexuality starts out as intriguing, then becomes distracting, and finally irritating as the biographer never quite closes in on his targets.

By: Peter Walsh Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: American Painting, homosexuality, John Singer Sargent, Painting, Paul Fisher, peter-Walsh, The Grand Affair

Visual Arts Review: A Mom’s Gaze — Anna Grevenitis and the Arnold Newman Prize at the Griffin Museum

Each project in the exhibition presents unique perspectives on seeing and being seen, fitting for the Newman Prize’s goal of providing a platform for innovative photographic portraiture.

By: Helen Miller, Michael Strand Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: 2022 Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture, Andrew Kung, Anna Grevenitis, Lisa Elmaleh, Rania Matar

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