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Gone Baby Gone — Sebastian Smee Going to the “Washington Post”

More alarming signs that the Boston Globe‘s arts section is shedding talent.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Fuse News Tagged: Sebastian Smee, The Boston Globe, Visual Arts

Visual Arts Preview: “Summer of Love” at the MFA — A Good Trip

The odds have never been more stacked against a Summer of Love.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Fuse News Tagged: Haight-Ashbury, Herb Green, Milo Miles, Museum of Fine Arts, Summer of Love, Visual Arts

Arts Fuse Remembrance: David Aronson, Boston Expressionist

While American art grew bolder, larger, louder, and more ironic, David Aronson was mystical, introspective, and poetic.

By: Peter Walsh Filed Under: Fuse News Tagged: American expressionist, Boston Expressionist, Boston University, Boston University College of Fine Arts, David Aronson, Visual Arts

Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up this week.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Preview Tagged: Author readings, Bill-Marx, Dance, Debra Cash, Film, Jazz, Jon Garelick, Matt Hanson, Noah Schaffer, peter-Walsh, roots music, Theater, Tim Jackson, Visual Arts, World Music

Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, author readings, visual arts, and dance that’s coming up this week.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Preview Tagged: Author readings, Bill-Marx, Dance, Debra Cash, Film, Jazz, Jon Garelick, Matt Hanson, Noah Schaffer, peter-Walsh, Roots, Theater, Tim Jackson, Visual Arts, World Music

Short Fuse Commentary: Art and 9/11

What percentage art? What percentage terrorist attack?

By: Harvey Blume Filed Under: Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: MoMA, New-York-Historical-Society, Richard-Serra, Richard-Webber, Short Fuse, Visual Arts, World-Trade-Center

Visual Arts Review: Edward Gorey @ the Boston Athenaeum

No one is safe in the world of Edward Gorey: “From Number Nine, Penwiper Mews, There is really abominable news:/ They’ve discovered a head/ In the box for the bread, / But nobody seems to know whose.” Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey (1925–2000) will be at the Boston Athenaeum (10 1/2 Beacon St. […]

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Books, Visual Arts Tagged: drawings, Edward Gorey, The Boston Athenaeum, Visual Arts

Fuse Commentary: What Survives — The Mad Rush to Digitization

The mad rush to digitization brings up another host of new issues. Unlike a printed book, digital media requires a change of technologies—computers, software, imaging—to interpret the information. Will digitization serve the long-term interests of knowledge as well as the media it is replacing? It’s unlikely. By Peter Walsh. When we look back from, say, […]

By: Peter Walsh Filed Under: Books, Visual Arts Tagged: digitization, Double fold, EBook, iPad, Nicholson Baker, Visual Arts

Visual Arts: New Year’s Resolutions and On Augmenting Art

In practical terms the Virtual Reality helmet has still not lived up to its potential. Another device has come along, however, that can convey as much information, though without the total visual immersion of Virtual Reality. This is nothing other than the humble cell phone . . . By Gary Schwartz. In 1997 I was […]

By: Gary Schwartz Filed Under: Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: digital media, Gary-Schwartz, museum, Schwartzlist, virtual reality, Visual Arts

Fuse Visual Arts Feature: Spotlight on Scaasi — Revisiting an American Couturier

This exhibit is ideal for the budding designer to come and admire dresses with structured tulle, unique hems, bias cut silk, pounds of beads, sequins, and rhinestones, weaved organza and mink accents. Scaasi: American Couturier at the Loring Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA until June 19, 2011. By Megan Trombino. It […]

By: Megan Trombino Filed Under: Visual Arts Tagged: Arnold Scaasi, fashion, Megan Trombino, Museum of Fine Arts, New England, Visual Arts

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