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Three recent documentaries explore the worlds of three masters of disparate but complementary art forms: photography and cinema, sculpture and painting, and toilets.
Read MoreTodd Solondz’s lack of commercial appeal as a filmmaker is understandable. His movies deal overtly with some of the most uncomfortable aspects of American life.
Read MoreThe subjects of David Hockney’s portraits have been totally absorbed into his art and autobiography. “David Hockney Portraits” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA By Peter Walsh BOSTON, Mass.— The biggest crowds at the MFA’s “David Hockney Portraits” hover near a wall of large-format etchings titled “A Rake’s Progress” (1961-63). Based on a…
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For the artist Andrae Green, where land and sea meet is not a line, but an immersion.
Read MoreIt seems deeply appropriate that a superb book of essays by W.G. Sebald about his favorite writers should be his swan song.
Read MoreWhenever you hear greeting card bromides intoned with a straight face (it’s usually in scenes set in a hospital) you know that moral fuzziness isn’t far behind.
Read MoreBy Vincent Czyz In his latest book, acclaimed writer Orhan Pamuk has penned an intriguing memoir that focuses on his relationship with Istanbul, the city in which he has always lived. Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk. Knopf. Ottoman poets were fond of referring to Istanbul, then known to the world as Constantinople,…
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Local examples of immersive aesthetic and sensual experimentation as forms of cultural experience.
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This wonderfully eclectic show is a post-pandemic invitation to forge new connections and open up fresh conversations.
Read MoreThe variety of this exhibition amply proves that William Merritt Chase brought great painterly insight to much more than just the daily catch.
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Holiday Commentary: Making Room for the Stranger