Photos: Somerville Open Studios
Ninety venues are opening their doors during Somerville Open Studios on Saturday, May 6, and Sunday, May 7, 2023. The event is from noon to 6 p.m. each day. If this is…Continue Reading →
Goodbye to Yvonne Jacquette
Yvonne Jacquette, “an artist acclaimed for her aerial views of cities and landscapes, passed away in her Manhattan home on April 23, 2023. Born in Pittsburgh in 1934, she grew…Continue Reading →
Pat Falco’s Elegy To A Disappearing Boston
Boston artist Pat Falco’s exhibition “A Graveyard in the Sun” at Gallery Kayafas in Boston from March 24 to April 29, 2023, is suffused with a forlorn feeling of loss–the…Continue Reading →
Wampanoag Artist Robert Peters Paints World After Catastrophes
Catastrophies are on the mind of Boston-based Mashpee Wampanoag artist Robert Peters in his drawings and paintings featured in the exhibit “Post-Pandemic: Visions-Insights-Concepts” at Boston’s Spoke Gallery from March 13…Continue Reading →
Christian Robinson’s Books Share The Message Art Gave Him: You Matter
“It’s important for me to tell stories that reflect the diverse world that we live in,” picture book illustrator and author Christian Robinson said in a 2016 video for PBS…Continue Reading →
Does Being An Artist Couple Affect Their Art?
The exhibition “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” at Salem State University’s Winfisky Gallery from Feb, 21 to March 10, 2023, features the individual art of three couples: David…Continue Reading →
How Travel Inspired Betye Saar’s Magical Art
In 1968, Betye Saar embodied her growing interest in ritual and ancestral traditions in “Africa,” one of her first assembles. It’s a small wooden box that hinges open to reveal…Continue Reading →
What Isabella Stewart Gardner Saw On Her Travels
After the death of their 20-month-old son Jackie in 1865, Isabella Stewart Gardner and her husband Jack sought solace by traveling the world by boat, train and foot. They traveled…Continue Reading →
Fante Asafo Flags Of Ghana
The flags depict vultures and warships, trains and witches, eagles and dogs and dragons. They are the traditional banners of battle and ritual of the Asafo, militia companies of the…Continue Reading →
In ‘Spirits: Tsherin Sherpa with Robert Beer,’ Tibetan Deities Join The Diaspora
Tibetan Buddhist thangka painting of deities traditionally involves rigorous adherence to traditional design principles, all carefully gridded onto the canvas, to create imagery for meditation. In Tsherin Sherpa’s version—included in…Continue Reading →