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

February 11, 2019
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In Garciela Iturbide’s photographs, the living and the dying are often joined at the (exposed) skeletal hip.

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

December 6, 2017
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How palpable is the combat in Nowhere to Hide!

Dance Film Preview: Mapping the Taps — Two Superb Documentaries

November 14, 2017
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The tap challenge, sometimes good natured, sometimes prickly, is at the heart of both of these remarkable documentaries.

Film Review: “Kékszakállú” — Obliquely Inspired by Bartók

October 12, 2017
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What follows is a succession of images and tableaux static enough to make Michelangelo Antonioni look like an action-movie director.

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

August 20, 2017
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A face-off between these two artists is ridiculous because picking a favorite is pointless.

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

May 26, 2017
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Matisse said his objects were his “working library,” sources to mine for formal qualities and their ability to evoke an emotional response.

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

May 9, 2017
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We are given a priceless opportunity to see how Matisse’s mind worked and the ways his creative process unfolded.

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

April 29, 2017
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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.

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

March 17, 2017
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In the remarkable images of Henryk Ross, Nazi evil is exposed through a kind of heroic voyeurism.

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

October 7, 2016
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The variety of this exhibition amply proves that William Merritt Chase brought great painterly insight to much more than just the daily catch.

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