There have been times in the MFA’s past when it hasn’t lived up to its educational mission, when it has pandered to the whims of the wealthy — particularly its fat cat benefactors.
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Arts Fuse Podcast #14: Dialectics of Politicized Art, or the Intellectual History of White Men in Cars
The Arts Fuse welcomes a new character to its extended universe. Deanna Marie Costa, an editor and critic at the magazine.
Visual Arts Commentary: Now + There — Reinterpreting Public Art in the Civic Environment
An organization dedicated to making Boston a vibrant, contemporary art city.
For the Love of Arts Criticism: An Invitation for the Arts Community to Speak Out – and to Act
The publication, its editor, and its over 60 writers believe that the health of arts criticism and the arts community are inextricably intertwined.
Visual Arts Commentary: A Tale of Two Bridges
Two stories about how a public process, because of politics, can make it very difficult, and costly, to connect two points.
Music Interview: Bishop Harold Branch celebrates 62 years of “Down Home Gospel”
Bishop Harold Branch’s decades of supporting the gospel scene have not been ignored..
Fuse Interview: Talking to Rising Comedian Michael “Myq” Kaplan
“There comes a decision-making process where some of the jokes, I’m like, I’m glad I never have to tell that one again.”
Music Review: Madonna in Boston — Queen of a Three-Ring Circus
Madonna’s show made for spectacular eye and ear candy. But what was it all about? That’s where things got a little hazy.
Film Review: “Black Mass” — Oh, What Could Have Been
Rarely is an actor so completely miscast in such a pivotal role.
Film Review: A Powerful “Black Mass” — We have our Whitey Bulger Movie
When they watch Black Mass what are Bostonians seeing? A strange blend of reality and mythology.