Kathleen Stone

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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Visual Arts Review: “Among Women” — Different Kinds of Strength

November 19, 2018
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The show tells a story of women through portraits that span a little more than two hundred years.

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Visual Arts Review: A Joyous Look at New American Sculpture, 1914 – 1945

June 21, 2017
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These are men who appreciated women for their bodies, athleticism, motherhood, intelligence, and humor – all reasons to celebrate this show.

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The Arts Fuse Mentorship Program: Student Reviews

May 29, 2017
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The program’s goal is to educate young people about writing arts criticism.

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Visual Arts Review: Matisse in the Studio — Objects Inspiring Art

May 26, 2017
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Matisse said his objects were his “working library,” sources to mine for formal qualities and their ability to evoke an emotional response.

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Visual Arts Review: “Botticelli and the Search for the Divine” at the MFA

April 29, 2017
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This is the largest exhibition of Botticelli paintings ever mounted in North America. Bigger may not always be better, but this is a gorgeous show.

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Visual Arts Review: More than a Painter of Fish — William Merritt Chase at the MFA

October 7, 2016
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The 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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Visual Arts Review: Renaissance Sculpture — Colorful for Five Hundred Years

August 15, 2016
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I used to be skeptical of della Robbia sculpture but, after taking in the recently opened exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, I changed my mind.

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