Be Part Of The ‘Starting Over Festival’
The Somerville Arts Council and outdoors-type-person Greg Cook are looking for art and science for the “Starting Over Festival.” The April 22, 2018, event (rain date: April 29) is a…Continue Reading →
‘Decolonial Atlas’ Wrestles With The Legacies Of Treating People And Places As Products To Be Conquered And Sold
Laura Huertas Millán’s 2011 video “Journey to a land otherwise known” is all closeups of green leaves and orchid blossoms and then a man, his face painted in green camouflage.…Continue Reading →
Have You Seen Jupiter At South Station? Have You Seen Uranus In JP?
Some weeks back I found myself struggling to phrase what suddenly seemed like a delicate question: Have you seen Uranus? Actually, I didn’t get a chance to ask the question…Continue Reading →
To Do Feb. 9 to 16: ‘PlayTime,’ Edward Gorey, Tet, Cardboard Sled Derby, Mardi Gras, Valentines, ‘Black Panther’
Friday, Feb. 9 10 a.m. Art: “Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55,” at Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Feb. 9 to June 3. 11: 30 a.m. Activism: Shaun King speaks at Northeastern University,…Continue Reading →
Melvin Edwards’ Sculptures Of Barbed Wire, Chains And Old Tools Speak To Black Struggle And Success
There’s a fierceness to Melvin Edwards’ sculptures that isn’t always apparent in photographs. For more than five decades, the New York artist has turned chains and barbed wire, wrenches and…Continue Reading →
1918 Flu Pandemic Centennial Festival | February 2018
Stay in bed. Wear pajamas. Abandon all hygiene. Get sweaty hot. Get up to go to the bathroom and become teeth-chatteringly cold. Hide under the blankets until you’re feverishly hot…Continue Reading →
Painter Calls For ‘A Push To Diversify The Art Scene In Lowell’
“This is a push to diversify the art scene in Lowell,” reads the Facebook event listing for “Shut Up…And Listen,” a group exhibition featuring black and Hispanic artists on view…Continue Reading →
As World War II Loomed, M.C. Escher Escaped Into His Mind-Bending Magic-Realist Worlds
In 1935, as fascism was rising in Italy and storm clouds of World War II shadowed Europe, the artist M.C. Escher decided the situation had gotten so bad in Rome,…Continue Reading →
Welcome Guests To Your Home With … A Bill Belichick Door Knocker?
New England Patriots football coach Bill Belichick is not necessarily known for being the most welcoming fellow. But Palmer Murphy had an idea. “I drew a picture and I showed…Continue Reading →
To Do Feb. 2 to 9: Psychedelic Cinema, M. C. Escher, Tortilla Social, Mirror Maze, Coyotes, Internet Art
Friday, Feb. 2 10 a.m. Groundhog Day at Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm in Lincoln. Noon: Art: “Let Us March On: Lee Friedlander and the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom” photo exhibit…Continue Reading →