Visual Arts

Visual Arts Review: “Women Artists in Paris 1850-1900” — A Fabulous Surprise

July 4, 2018
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Who knew that there were dozens of first-rate female American, Scandinavian, German, Swiss, French and Russian painters in Paris in the second half of the 19th century?

Visual Arts Commentary: “Keepers of the Flame” — The Revenge of the Middlebrow

June 27, 2018
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This special exhibition is arguably the most insightful and compelling organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum.

Visual Arts Commentary: Now + There — Reinterpreting Public Art in the Civic Environment

June 23, 2018
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An organization dedicated to making Boston a vibrant, contemporary art city.

Visual Arts Review: The Aesthetics of Practical Elegance

June 15, 2018
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The Fuller Craft Museum’s appealing and thoughtful exhibit showcases a wonderful assemblage of diverse utensils and accessories used in domestic as well as professional kitchens.

Visual Arts Commentary: Paying Attention to Boston’s Jewish Expressionists

May 22, 2018
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Until recently, the Museum of Fine Arts has ignored Boston’s artists of Jewish heritage.

Visual Arts Interview: New Publics — Art for a Modern India, 1960s-’90s

May 19, 2018
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What was the influence of Western modernist imperatives on an art-making culture far removed from Europe and the US?

Visual Arts Commentary: Hugh Ferriss — Architectural Delineator of the Heroic Modern

May 19, 2018
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A visionary ‘Paper Architect’ who influenced popular culture as well as a generation of architects.

Visual Arts Review: Go Worlds Away at SoWa Boston

May 12, 2018
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Both galleries have successfully paired photographers who work in parallel idioms and who, through simple visual details, deliver a vivid sense of place tinged with memory and nostalgia.

Visual Arts Feature: “Schön and Schön: From Generation to Generation”

May 11, 2018
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Everyone should avail themselves of such opportunities for inter-generational collaboration.

Visual Arts Review: Augmented Reality at Boston Cyberarts Gallery and More

May 5, 2018
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Local examples of immersive aesthetic and sensual experimentation as forms of cultural experience.

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