Visual Arts

Visual Arts Commentary: Two Books and a Play — Creating Architectural Literacy

April 6, 2022
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Given the current state of play, any attempts to enrich our knowledge of the built environment are valuable.

Visual Arts Review: “Displaced: Raida Adon’s Strangeness” — The Remains of Home

April 4, 2022
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Raida Adon rejects political categories because they fail to capture the utter strangeness of lived experience.

Visual Arts Commentary: Banksy Didn’t Authorize This

April 1, 2022
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When you go to the Art of Banksy website it is immediately clear that Banksy himself had nothing to do with this traveling show.

Visual Arts Review: “Milton Avery” — The Slow But Steady Growth of an American Master

March 24, 2022
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Perhaps unintentionally, the show is a moral fable on the nature of true achievement: Milton Avery’s steady progress on his own path stands out in this age of online influences and the rabid pursuit of instant fame and material success.

Visual Art Review: The Enigma of Sol LeWitt

March 23, 2022
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Strict Beauty: Sol LeWitt Prints is a compelling opportunity for immersion in an important aspect of the artist’s work

Visual Arts Interview: Lisa Kessler’s “Heart in the Wound” — Reassessing Sexual Abuse, Power, and the Catholic Church

March 9, 2022
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“The abuse in the church has very unique and cruel twists to it. And, as one of the oldest continuous patriarchal institutions in the world, looking at the church helps us to reflect upon how many established institutions, including families, help perpetuate and conceal violence throughout society.”

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

March 7, 2022
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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.

Visual Arts Commentary: Reordering Design Priorities Through Biometric Research

March 2, 2022
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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.

Visual Arts Remembrance: Artist Ashley Bryan

February 21, 2022
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Ashley Bryan was a remarkable artist and legendary figure in Maine and New York who passed away at the beginning of February.

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

February 18, 2022
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The strength of Robert Freeman’s Black figures, even as they endure humiliation or violence, remains a prominent element in his vision.

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