Mark Favermann

August Short Fuses – Materia Critica

August 5, 2022
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Visual Arts Review: Otto Piene’s Sketchbooks at the Harvard Art Museums

July 6, 2022
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MIT’s loss is Harvard’s gain.

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Visual Arts Commentary: Dishing It Out — Boston’s Arts and Crafts Movement Ceramic Leadership

June 23, 2022
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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.

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Visual Arts Preview: “Alpha 60” — A Simple Walk in the Park Becomes a Visual Sci-Fi Adventure

June 16, 2022
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Could there be a more appropriate way to celebrate the father of landscape architecture Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th birthday?

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Visual Arts Review: The Wright Stuff — A Pair of Usonian Houses in Manchester, New Hampshire

June 4, 2022
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The Currier Art Museum now owns and maintains two houses created by legendary American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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Visual Arts Review: BarabásiLab — Where Art and Technology Meet, Beautifully

May 13, 2022
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This BarabásiLab exhibition is inspiring because it exemplifies a powerful integration of art and technology.

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May Short Fuses – Materia Critica

May 3, 2022
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Theater Review: “Miss Holmes Returns” — A Sherlockian Mystery with A Twist

May 2, 2022
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In Miss Holmes Returns, dramatist Christopher M. Walsh has involved the gender-switched pair in an entertaining yarn of uncertainty, betrayal and social justice.

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Visual Arts Commentary: Two Books and a Play — Creating Architectural Literacy

April 6, 2022
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Given the current state of play, any attempts to enrich our knowledge of the built environment are valuable.

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April Short Fuses – Materia Critica

April 2, 2022
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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