Believe it or not, Boston — the home of stick in the mud, architectural and decorative conservatism — was the initial epicenter of the Arts and Crafts Movement in America.
Mark Favermann
Visual Arts Preview: “Alpha 60” — A Simple Walk in the Park Becomes a Visual Sci-Fi Adventure
Could there be a more appropriate way to celebrate the father of landscape architecture Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th birthday?
Visual Arts Review: The Wright Stuff — A Pair of Usonian Houses in Manchester, New Hampshire
The Currier Art Museum now owns and maintains two houses created by legendary American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Visual Arts Review: BarabásiLab — Where Art and Technology Meet, Beautifully
This BarabásiLab exhibition is inspiring because it exemplifies a powerful integration of art and technology.
May Short Fuses – Materia Critica
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Theater Review: “Miss Holmes Returns” — A Sherlockian Mystery with A Twist
In Miss Holmes Returns, dramatist Christopher M. Walsh has involved the gender-switched pair in an entertaining yarn of uncertainty, betrayal and social justice.
Visual Arts Commentary: Two Books and a Play — Creating Architectural Literacy
Given the current state of play, any attempts to enrich our knowledge of the built environment are valuable.
April Short Fuses – Materia Critica
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Theater Review: “Ocean Filibuster” at A.R.T. — Surfing the Waves of Immersive Science and Art
Ocean Filibuster draws on a marvelous fusion of myth, song, free verse, and science to explore why we are standing at the frightening edge of the cliff of our planet’s survival.
Visual Arts Commentary: Reordering Design Priorities Through Biometric Research
The cognitive architecture approach espoused by the Human Architecture and Planning Institute is applying a welcome new paradigm that responds in a fresh way to the built environment.