Visual Arts

Visual Arts Review: “Huma Bhabha — They Live” and “The Beyond — Georgia O’Keeffe and Contemporary Art”

April 10, 2019
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Pakistani-born artist Huma Bhabha is still very much at the edge of edgy; Georgia O’Keeffe much less so.

Book Review: “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen” — A Kind of Apotheosis

March 22, 2019
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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 Review: “Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth” — Treasures of an Imaginary World

March 15, 2019
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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

March 11, 2019
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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

March 2, 2019
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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

February 27, 2019
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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

February 11, 2019
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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

February 9, 2019
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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

February 5, 2019
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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

February 3, 2019
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The renovated Hood Museum of Art feels open and free.

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