Visual Arts

Visual Arts Review: Known and Mysterious—Wendy Artin’s Watercolors in “From the Roman Studio”

November 30, 2015
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Wendy Artin finds beauty everywhere – in a clutch of beets, old paintbrushes, ruined statues, the human body.

Visual Arts Review: “Native Fashion Now”—Tradition and Cutting Edge, Superbly Balanced

November 27, 2015
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Even without museum commentary, Native Fashion Now is an important show – visually, socially, and politically.

Visual Arts Commentary: The Black Mountain College Exhibition at the ICA—A Conventional Look at the Unconventional

November 25, 2015
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I was not fully satisfied by the constraints of the exhibit, but I enjoyed seeing the work of those who made up the Black Mountain College community.

Book Review: “The Pilgrim’s Bowl” — Approaching the Enigma of Painter Giorgio Morandi

November 9, 2015
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Beautifully produced by Seagull Books, The Pilgrim’s Bowl is an invaluable introduction to both painter and poet.

Fuse Visual Arts Review: “Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957”

November 3, 2015
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Other than a highway sign not much remains, but the artistic legacy of Black Mountain College is truly indelible.

Visual Arts Review: Neue Galerie’s “Berlin Metropolis”—Overwhelming But Outstanding

October 29, 2015
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This is a strong exhibit that succeeds in conveying a sense of what it was like to live during the 1920s in this exciting capital.

Fuse Visual Arts: Sound in the Now—”Curious Sound Objects” at Boston Cyberarts Gallery

October 21, 2015
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Curious Sound Objects showcases works that sit at the intersection of art and science as well as aesthetics and technology.

Visual Arts Interview: Matthew Teitelbaum Takes the Helm at Boston’s MFA

October 6, 2015
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Matthew Teitelbaum, 59, may be among the most reluctant employees the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has hired.

Visual Arts Review: Mark Pharis and George Mason — Beautiful Micro-Infusions of Chaos

October 5, 2015
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The pieces in this exhibition are apt examples of just how smart and complex purely ‘decorative’ objects can be.

Visual Arts Review: Corita Kent at the Harvard Art Museums — Mingling the Mundane and the Sublime

October 1, 2015
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The premise of the show, and especially the catalogue, is to put Corita Kent her rightful place in the pantheon of major American Pop artists

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