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Visual Arts Review: “Blane De St. Croix: How to Move a Landscape” — Facing the Horrific Sublime

August 20, 2020
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The art of Blane De St. Croix comes at the viewer via a multivalent attack on the staggering challenges posed by irreparable climate change.

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Visual Arts Review: The Erratic Eroticism of Francesco Clemente’s “Encampment” at MASS MoCA

July 21, 2015
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It is a conundrum for the critic: is the crudeness of the rendering the result of an expressionist style or a lack of finesse or skill in rendering?

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Dance Feature: “Available Light” — Revived at MASS MoCA

March 11, 2015
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In Available Light , Lucinda Childs’ dancers execute a series of movement phrases which to a viewer may seem simple, but in fact require intense focus and control on the dancers’ part.

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Coming Attractions at Museums: March 2013

March 4, 2013
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The month’s standouts include Nick Cave’s Soundsuits at the Peabody-Essex Museum and two exhibitions at MassMoCA.

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CULTURE VULTURE IN THE BERKSHIRES

July 20, 2009
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A true embarrassment of riches in the Berkshires this summer, with almost every cultural institution in the county scheduling round-the-clock events and package deals designed to attract even the least culturally interested among us. By Helen Epstein James Levine conducts pianist Leon Fleischer and the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood (Photo Credit: Hilary Scott) Last…

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