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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
“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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Mara Trachtenberg’s exhibition “A Decadent World Night” of sculptures, photos and a stop-motion animation video wraps up at AS220’s Project Space in Providence tomorrow with a public chat between her…Continue Reading →