Mike Lash’s ‘Ugly Paintings’
Mike Lash’s “stated purpose behind his art is to ‘make stuff, mostly stuff that has no real reason to exist, but now, they do exist,’” Patrick Collier writes in introduction…Continue Reading →
Harvard Art Museums director to step down
Thomas W. Lentz, who has lead the Harvard Art Museums since 2003, says he plans to step down on July 1.Continue Reading →
Concerned Citizen: Planned sculpture would be ‘wound’ to Bangor
A floating sculpture planned for Bangor, Maine, would be “a wound to the heart of the city,” charges Fritz Spencer of Old Town, Maine, the former editor of the Christian Civic League Record,…Continue Reading →
Beard broken off King Tut’s burial mask at Egypt museum
“Now you can see a layer of transparent yellow,” one conservator said of the botched repair to the golden burial mask of pharaoh Tutankhamun at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo,…Continue Reading →
Beth Urdang Gallery plans move
Beth Urdang Gallery says it will be closing its Newbury Street location in Boston on Jan. 31 and moving into the gallery building at 460 Harrison Ave., Boston, in “late…Continue Reading →
If artists make art for public parks, can they still claim copyright protections?
C Can artists making work for a public park still claim copyright control over the use of their public images? Artist David Phillips, who has a studio in Medford, Massachusetts,…Continue Reading →
Do Mass. Governor Candidates Care About The Arts?
Is it a sign that arts and culture are afterthoughts in the campaign for Massachusetts governor if one candidate waits until less than two weeks before the election to announce…Continue Reading →
Tree House in the Enchanted Forest
“Tree House,” my new installation of paintings of the Enchanted Forest will be on view at MATV at 145 Pleasant St. in Malden, Massachusetts, from Sept. 21 to Oct. 14,…Continue Reading →
‘The Enchanted Forest’ in Providence
“For Roger Williams” (pictured here) is the latest addition to my “Enchanted Forest.” It’s a 23-feet-long painting that looks like a crayon drawing scrawled on a sheet of copier paper.…Continue Reading →
We Make Better Art When We Make Art Together
“We Make Better Art When We Make Art Together” is the next installment of “Quiet, Please,” a free, monthly speaker series at the Malden Public Library, 36 Salem St., Malden, Mass., at 7…Continue Reading →