While impressive, Life Magazine and the Power of Photography disappoints.
Visual Arts
Arts Commentary: The Power and Perils of Copyright– Andy Warhol, Lynn Goldsmith, and the Prince Print
Whatever the Supreme Court determines will alter the world of artists, writers, and musicians for decades to come, a world that has already been dealt a financial blow by the economic pressures of the internet.
Visual Arts Review: Ambiguity in Wonderland — Rachel Portesi’s “Standing Still” at the Griffin Museum
More than skin deep, and not as sentimental as it might first appear, Rachel Portesi’s adoption of Victorian techniques is appropriate to the themes of loss and change she sets out to explore.
Visual Arts Review: The Iconic Gropius House — An Exquisite Bauhaus Masterwork
Homage to a Modernist architectural gem located in the woods of Lincoln, MA
Visual Arts Commentary: Branded in Boston — Logos by Any Other Name
What’s up? Several public and private agencies have changed their graphic identities and even names.
Visual Arts Review: “Fired Up: Glass Today” — Remarkable Beauty
The dignified design and subtle lighting of the Wadsworth installation manages to keep the diversity, frenetic variety, and colorist’s dream of this exhibition from being overwhelming.
Visual Arts Review: “Robert S. Neuman: Works on Paper” — An Academic’s Odyssey
Robert S. Neuman used modernism’s interest in abstraction and material accident to shape lively compositions that riffed on urbanization, biblical themes, war, the space race, indigenous rights, mental illness, and other topics.
Book Review: “The Color of Time: Women in History, 1850-1950” — The Past, Colorized
This coffee table book scan of women’s history is visually striking and consistently informative.
Visual Arts Review: “Luigi Lucioni: Modern Light” — Cranking up the Realism
A valuable reminder that the provinces have their advantages, as the Shelburne Museum devotes lavish attention to a Vermont master.
Visual Arts Review: Illustrations of Race at The Norman Rockwell Museum
Norman Rockwell was troubled about race relations in American society, and he let his public know that..