In more pedantic hands, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen could easily have been a tedious and frustrating read. Instead, despite the dense and ultimately inconclusive source material, the book is continuously fascinating.
Visual Arts
Visual Arts Review: “Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth” — Treasures of an Imaginary World
This is the most extensive public display of original J.R.R. Tolkien material for several generations.
Visual Arts Review: A Creative Camelot — The Bauhaus and Harvard University
This inspiring show celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of The Bauhaus.
Book Reviews: A Provocative Trio of Volumes on Architecture and Landscape Architecture
In very different ways and on very different topics, three recent books assuage notions that architecture/design books are formidable reads.
Visual Arts Review: “Harry Dodge: Works of Love” — Meaning Comes Extra
I fell for the Harry Dodge exhibition, but I confess to not entirely ‘getting the picture.’
Visual Arts Review: “Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico” — Casting a Coolly Warm Eye on Life and Death
In Garciela Iturbide’s photographs, the living and the dying are often joined at the (exposed) skeletal hip.
Visual Arts Review: RISD Museum’s “Bona Drag” — A Captivating Look at Gender Subversion
RISD Museum’s well-curated show Bona Drag is a powerful act of remembrance.
Visual Arts Review: “Respeto/Respect” — A Conversation After Centuries of Silence
Given the tensions in our current political and social environment, conversations and alliances such as these, that generate respect through listening to the voices of others, is essential.
Visual Arts Review: Hood Museum of Art Reopens
The renovated Hood Museum of Art feels open and free.
Visual Arts Review: The Twin Towers of British Landscape Painting — Compare and Contrast
One sees how the keen observation and “truth to nature” that critic John Ruskin espoused was put into action by John Constable and J.M. W. Turner.
