museum-of-fine-arts-boston

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

February 11, 2019
Posted in , ,

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

Read More

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

December 6, 2017
Posted in , ,

How palpable is the combat in Nowhere to Hide!

Read More

Dance Film Preview: Mapping the Taps — Two Superb Documentaries

November 14, 2017
Posted in , ,

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

Read More

Film Review: “Kékszakállú” — Obliquely Inspired by Bartók

October 12, 2017
Posted in , ,

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

Read More

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

August 20, 2017
Posted in , ,

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

Read More

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

May 26, 2017
Posted in , ,

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

Read More

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

May 9, 2017
Posted in , ,

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

Read More

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

April 29, 2017
Posted in , ,

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.

Read More

Visual Arts Feature: The Photographs of Henryk Ross — An Eye on the Banality of Evil

March 17, 2017
Posted in ,

In the remarkable images of Henryk Ross, Nazi evil is exposed through a kind of heroic voyeurism.

Read More

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

October 7, 2016
Posted in , ,

The variety of this exhibition amply proves that William Merritt Chase brought great painterly insight to much more than just the daily catch.

Read More

Recent Posts

Popular Posts

Categories

Archives