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Visual Arts Review: “Lucian Freud Self-Portraits” — Pictures of a Cool Narcissist

I recommend this show for Lucian Freud’s highly polished craftsmanship, but his wry game of psychological hide-and-seek is not all that satisfying.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Lucian Freud, museum-of-fine-arts-boston, self-=portraits

Visual Arts Review: “Collecting Stories” — Yarns Worth Viewing

Almost every painting here is a discovery worth making.

By: Kathleen Stone Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Collecting Stories: a Mid-Century Experiment, Kathleen Stone, museum-of-fine-arts-boston

Visual Arts Review: “Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico” — Casting a Coolly Warm Eye on Life and Death

In Garciela Iturbide’s photographs, the living and the dying are often joined at the (exposed) skeletal hip.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Graciela Iturbide, Mexico, museum-of-fine-arts-boston

Film Review: “Nowhere to Hide” — A Potent Documentary about the Never-ending War in Iraq

How palpable is the combat in Nowhere to Hide!

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: documentary, Iraq, museum-of-fine-arts-boston, Nori Sharif, Nowhere to Hide

Dance Film Preview: Mapping the Taps — Two Superb Documentaries

The tap challenge, sometimes good natured, sometimes prickly, is at the heart of both of these remarkable documentaries.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Dance, Editorial, Featured Tagged: About Taps, Chuck Green, Copasetic, George Nierenberg, Marcia B. Siegel, museum-of-fine-arts-boston, No Maps on My Taps

Film Review: “Kékszakállú” — Obliquely Inspired by Bartók

What follows is a succession of images and tableaux static enough to make Michelangelo Antonioni look like an action-movie director.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Denise Groesman, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, Gastón Solnicki, Jeffrey Gantz, Katia Szechtman, Kékszakállú, Laila Maltz, Lara Tarlowski, museum-of-fine-arts-boston, Pedro Trocca

Visual Arts Review: “Showdown!” at the MFA — More Like Kumbaya!

A face-off between these two artists is ridiculous because picking a favorite is pointless.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: David Curcio, museum-of-fine-arts-boston, Showdown! Kuniyoshi vs. Kunisada, Utagawa Kunisada, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Woodblock prints

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

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

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Kathleen Stone, Matisse, Matisse in the Studio, museum-of-fine-arts-boston

Visual Arts Review: “Matisse in the Studio” — Collectibles and Creativity

We are given a priceless opportunity to see how Matisse’s mind worked and the ways his creative process unfolded.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Mark Favermann, Matisse, Matisse in the Studio, museum-of-fine-arts-boston

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

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.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Botticelli, Botticelli and the Search for the Divine, Kathleen Stone, museum-of-fine-arts-boston

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