Visual Arts
The artist knows that beauty, and even the sublime, on their own terms are not enough to cut it in the competitive field of contemporary art.
Read MoreCurrent Mayor Marty Walsh has justifiably called for better design for Boston’s new structures.
Read MoreIn Van Gogh and Nature, human beings play a supporting role. Sometimes moths, butterflies, and poppies are the stars.
Read MoreIn Arlene Shechet’s mischievous hands, the medium’s power as a shape shifter runs wild.
Read MoreThis astutely curated exhibit explores the presence of architecture in contemporary sculpture.
Read MoreWith invention that suggests the work of Malevich and Mondrian, the composition is a play of rectangles.
Read MoreIt is a conundrum for the critic: is the crudeness of the rendering the result of an expressionist style or a lack of finesse or skill in rendering?
Read MoreThe show is unabashedly American in subject matter and form: Realism is as much an influence as Cubism, Expressionism, Surrealism, and the other European –isms.
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Visual Arts Commentary: Boston City Hall — A ‘Triumph’ of Brutalism
Urban pollution and acid rain have not dealt kindly with Boston City Hall’s mostly concrete facade.
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