‘Crafting the Mind’ At Somerville Museum
“What would have happened to me if I’d been treated in the 19th century?” wondered Rachel May after receiving care for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in 2010 at McLean Hospital, whose…Continue Reading →
One Of The Best Exhibits Of The Year: Masako Miki’s Furry Cosmic Creatures
The creatures populating the exhibit “Masako Miki: Midnight March,” on view the MassArt Art Museum in Boston from Jan. 29 to May 31, 2026, are delightful furry soft things, dotted…Continue Reading →
Yinka Shonibare: How Do We Offer Compassion To Immigrants And Refugees?
In a darkened gallery, black-painted model buildings glow from within. Looking in the tiny windows of 18 little buildings—Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, the United Nations skyscraper in New York,…Continue Reading →
‘Cosmic Threads’ of Funlola Coker, Erin Genia and Maria Molteni
The exhibition “Cosmic Threads,” featuring Boston artists Funlola Coker and Maria Molteni and North Berwick, Maine, artist Erin Genia at McCoy Art Gallery at Merrimack College, North Andover, “reimagines humanity’s…Continue Reading →
Keith Knight
By a lucky coincidence, we recently bumped into Keith Knight, the “K Chronicles” cartoonist and creator of Hulu’s “Woke,” at Salem State University’s gallery. The Malden-Massachusetts-native, who now lives in…Continue Reading →
Bread And Puppet Theater In Winter
Visiting our friends at Bread and Puppet Theater in Glover, Vermont, buried under the snow and fringed with the icicles of mid-winter, with temperatures below zero, it can look like…Continue Reading →
Goodbye to Isaiah Zagar, Creator Of Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens
Saddened to hear that Isaiah Zagar—creator of Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, one of the great visionary art spaces of the world, as well as the creator of many mosaic murals across…Continue Reading →
‘Black Futures: How to See in Total Darkness 2.0’ at Salem State
“Black Futures: How to See in Total Darkness 2.0” at Salem State University’s Winfisky Gallery in Salem, Massachusetts, from Jan. 20 to Feb. 20, 2026, grew out of a 2023 exhibition…Continue Reading →
Bread and Puppet Theater’s ‘Life and Death Precision Dances with Happiness Obligation Prologue’
With temperatures hovering around zero, we went to see Bread and Puppet Theater perform “Life and Death Precision Dances with Happiness Obligation Prologue” on Feb. 8, 2026, the last performance…Continue Reading →
Janet Echelman’s Dazzling Net Sculptures Lift Aerial Dance At ArtsEmerson
Janet Echelman is probably the most successful living artist affiliated with Greater Boston. She and her team at Studio Echelman, based in Brookline, have advanced fiber art into the arena…Continue Reading →