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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Visual Arts Review: Terry Winters — A Distinctive “Structure of Things”

October 1, 2016
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Something clicked when I visited the MFA’s diminutive but brilliant new exhibition of Terry Winters’ works on paper.

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Visual Arts Review: The Photography of Imogen Cunningham — A Creative Bridge Between Two Worlds

September 22, 2016
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As an artist whose photographs bridge the old world and the new, Imogen Cunningham should be a part of the present-day conversation.

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Visual Arts Review: Frances Stark — The Art of Innuendo

September 20, 2016
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Frances Stark is making art about art about art..

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