Visual Arts

Visual Arts Review: “Bookworks” — Volumes of Curiosity

September 11, 2019
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Any traditional notions of what does, or does not, constitute a book are challenged here — you will find yourself searching for a definition that fits.

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Visual Arts Review: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater — Brilliance Beyond Myth

August 31, 2019
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20th Century Modern Architectural Greatness

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Visual Arts Review: “In the Vanguard” – Haystack’s First Twenty Years

August 27, 2019
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Contemporary crafts in those days would have been seen as far from the ‘vanguard’ by many art critics. Yet the almost 100 works on view tell a nuanced story about the expansive spectrum of creativity.

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Visual Arts Review: The ICA’s Watershed Points to How We Got Here

August 20, 2019
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Purple is an ambitious, over-the-top endeavor, which feels completely appropriate, given the calamity at hand.

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Visual Arts Review: MFA’s Arts of Islamic Cultures Gallery — Window into an Endangered World

July 30, 2019
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The MFA’s Arts of Islamic Cultures gallery offers an impressive visual representation of a region’s cultures, geographies, and histories.

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Visual Arts Review: “Renoir: the Body, the Senses” — Beauty and Dismay

July 14, 2019
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When he is at his best, few can match Renoir’s charm and popular appeal.

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Book Review: A Concise, Conscientious Guide to the Life and Work of Alfred Stieglitz

June 17, 2019
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The book will stand as a good first stop for anyone interested in Alfred Stieglitz, 20th-century photography, or American modern art.

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Visual Arts Review: Jack Shainman Gallery: The School — “Basquiat x Warhol”

June 12, 2019
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Perhaps this review is an autopsy for which I offer an apology.

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Visual Arts Review: “Collecting Stories” — Yarns Worth Viewing

May 23, 2019
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Almost every painting here is a discovery worth making.

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Visual Arts Review: Play It Loud — Admiring the Tools that Made the Tunes

May 20, 2019
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Play It Loud is porn for musicians and fans who fetishize the tools of the trade.

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