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 →
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 →
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 →
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 University’s Winfisky Gallery in Salem, Massachusetts, from Jan. 20 to Feb. 20, 2026, grew out of a 2023 exhibition…Continue Reading →
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 →
The late 1960s drawings of dazzling weirdo psychedelic Chicago artist Karl Wirsum create pop icons. His neon electric free-association visionary style is astoundingly unique, bringing to mind “Space Invaders” video…Continue Reading →
Heartbreaking to hear the news this afternoon of Boston cartoonist and designer and my friend Dan Moynihan suddenly dying on Dec. 21–leaving behind his wife Cathy Moynihan and their 14-month-old…Continue Reading →
Revered Roxbury artist Napoleon Jones-Henderson died Saturday, Dec. 6, a City of Boston staffer tells me. He’d long been ill with cancer. He was an eminence. He was so cool.…Continue Reading →
Wow! You need to check this out in person: Newly restored architectural lights delineating the facade of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Reading Room at 23 Church St., Cambridge, turn the…Continue Reading →