Fatty Spice’s ‘Tunnel of Self-Love’: ‘Be Your Own Valentine’
“‘Tunnel of Self-Love’ is the offspring of the line in the Bible ‘your body is a temple’ and John Mayer’s line ‘your body is a wonderland,’” Fatty Spice (aka Dani…Continue Reading →
Kimberly Witham’s Sweet And Somber Still-Life Photos
Kimberly Witham’s exhibition “On Beauty,” at Boston’s Gallery Kayafas from March 1 to April 6, 2019, offer lush still-life photos from 2017 and ’18. Her “On Beauty” series is sweet…Continue Reading →
Laura Chasman’s Paintings Of The Unwelcoming Architecture Of Art Galleries
“For more than 40 years I have been a painter of people, looking closely at their faces and what they reveal,” Laura Chasman writes of her current exhibition “Barely Visible”…Continue Reading →
In ‘Small Worlds,’ Artists Fashion Tiny Models Of Dreams And Nightmares
In “Small Worlds: Miniatures in Contemporary Art”—at the University of Vermont’s Fleming Museum of Art in Burlington from Feb. 13 to May 10, 2019—artists adopt the techniques of dioramas, model…Continue Reading →
Remembering Cambridge Animator Karen Aqua With Live-Soundtrack Screening Performed By Her Husband
“Once I saw my drawings move, it was a big magical connection,” Cambridge animator Karen Aqua told The Boston Globe in 1994. “It is a really addicting experience, to see…Continue Reading →
Bees, Sad Trees, Suns, Migrating Birds: Greg Cook’s Banners and Installations
For the past decade, Greg Cook, the editor of Wonderland, has been painting large banners—used in parades and festivals and as temporary murals in Malden, Somerville, Providence, Beverly, Gloucester and…Continue Reading →
Fox, Bear And Deer Mural Is Part Of The Public Art Sprouting In Arlington
Families of fox and bears and deer meander around the brick exterior of Arlington’s Fox Library in Eileen de Rosas’s temporary mural, which went up in December. A school of…Continue Reading →
Keaton Fox’s ‘Green Screen Dreams’: ‘If You Could Paint Anything, What Would It Be?’
“If you could paint anything, what would it be?” a voice from off-screen asks. In Keaton Fox’s “Green Screen Dreams” videos, people standing painting canvases answer—and then their answer magically…Continue Reading →
New $15K Prize For Boston-Area Women Artists. Deadline April 8
A new biennial prize—the $15,000 Prilla Smith Brackett Award—aims to honor outstanding woman visual artists based in the Greater Boston area. “I’ve felt strongly for a long time of how…Continue Reading →
Toledo Museum Director To Lead Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum
Brian Kennedy (pictured above)—director, president and CEO of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio since September 2010—has been named the next director of Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum. The 57-year-old…Continue Reading →