Judy Kensley McKie Shapes Furniture Like Animals To Bring It To Life
A dog becomes a table, an owl becomes a bronze vase, and a cast bronze tree holds up a glass tabletop in Judy Kensley McKie’s exhibition “Carving the Surface” at…Continue Reading →
Boston Rock History And Vintage Views Of Local Streets In Charles Daniels’s Photos
Charles Daniels always had one or more cameras with him—when he was strolling local streets; when he was emcee at Boston Tea Party rock club in the late 1960s and…Continue Reading →
In Bitetti’s ‘Gardening Because Murder Is Wrong,’ Plants Help Her ‘De-Stress/De-Rage’
During covid, Kathleen Bitetti’s neighbor cut down trees that had shaded her South Boston yard, so she began filling the small dirt plot behind the triple decker in which she…Continue Reading →
Looking Back To A Lost Earth In Jessica Straus’s ‘Packing for Mars’
In Somerville artist Jessica Straus’s exhibition “Packing for Mars,” at Boston Sculptors Gallery from April 4 to May 5, 2024, she “looks forward with dread to a future when humans…Continue Reading →
‘Comics in Color Festival’ Showcases Artists Of Color
The “Boston Comics in Color Festival” showcased comics creators of color with a hall full of comics for sale, talks and live music at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic…Continue Reading →
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Rare Look Into Queer Boston From 1970s to ’90s In Photo Exhibit ‘As the World Burns’
Snapshots of the Boston bar Playland taken by bartender Jim McGrath and friends beginning in 1958 and ’59 show a drag queen leaning on a jukebox under clouds of balloons,…Continue Reading →
Paa Joe’s Fantasy Coffins Are Symbols Of Your Life To Carry You Into Death
In 1960, when Joseph Tetteh-Ashong was 15, he began an apprenticeship in coffin-making with his mother’s cousin, Seth Kane Kwei. The training led Tetteh-Ashong, or Paa Joe, as he’s become…Continue Reading →
Illustrator Edel Rodriguez Is Among Trump’s Fiercest Critics, Exhibition Surveys His Career
Among the fiercest political graphics that appeared during the Trump Administration were Edel Rodriguez’s covers for Time magazine and the weekly German magazine Der Spiegel. In the New Jersey artist’s…Continue Reading →
Director Ben Proudfoot Discusses Technique Behind Oscar-Winning ‘Last Repair Shop’
The striking intimacy in the film “The Last Repair Shop,” which won the 2024 Academy Award for best documentary, begins with the Interrotron. Developed by Cambridge documentary filmmaker Errol Morris,…Continue Reading →
To Spread God’s Word, Howard Finster Created 46,991 Artworks. New Exhibit Reveals Method To His Productivity.
As the story goes, in 1976, when Howard Finster was 60, the Baptist preacher was painting a bicycle when he got paint on his hand and fell into a vision.…Continue Reading →