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Heather Kapplow

Heather Kapplow is a Boston-based conceptual artist. Her work involves exchanges with strangers, wielding talismans, alternative interpretations of existing environments, installation, performance, writing, audio, and video. See heatherkapplow.com for more detail.

Posted inArt

Portraits of Breasts that Tell Surprisingly Intimate Stories

by Heather Kapplow January 23, 2018

Clarity Haynes doesn’t give us a face to look at, forcing the eye to find hints of identity in a bitten thumbnail, a tattoo, or a piece of jewelry.

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The Haphazard and Playful Worlds of Mark Dion

by Heather Kapplow December 11, 2017December 11, 2017

In this retrospective there’s no question about Dion’s aesthetic eye and his capacity for the subtle, intuitive kind of taxonomy-making that artists engage in.

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The Fulfillment of Crafting a Home Like Art

by Heather Kapplow February 24, 2017

Artist, educator, curator, and writer Linda Weintraub is a serial homesteader. “It never occurred to me that I would not design my own living space,” she says.

Posted inMusic

Time Traveling with Musical Recordings from Mid-20th-Century Morocco

by Heather Kapplow November 2, 2016November 1, 2016

In 1959, Paul Bowles traveled around Morocco with an audio recording device to capture a cultural moment he knew was on the verge of disappearing.

Posted inFilm

From an Oakland Muralist to a Failing Goat Farm, Artful Highlights from Boston’s Indie Film Festival

by Heather Kapplow May 2, 2016May 2, 2016

BOSTON — The Independent Film Festival of Boston started out earnestly and enthusiastically in 2003, blowing the minds of locals and filmmakers by being a polished, world-class (and yet 100% volunteer-run) operation from the get-go.

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Boston Builds an Artist-in-Residence Program, Bringing Creativity to City Hall

by Heather Kapplow February 23, 2016February 26, 2016

BOSTON — It’s snowing hard outside, and it’s a Saturday, but the second-floor hallway of the city’s newest municipal building — its school department headquarters — is filled with artists and bureaucrats.

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Feminist Explorations of Our Online Wonderland

by Heather Kapplow February 16, 2016February 29, 2016

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The small (but densely layered, as always) collection of Ann Hirsch’s work in the Bakalar Gallery at MIT’s List Center is Boston’s first introduction to her art.

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In the Museum for 100 Days, a Performance Artist Pushes Us to Reflect on Time

by Heather Kapplow February 12, 2016February 11, 2016

BOSTON — There are so many layers to Marilyn Arsem’s piece at the Museum of Fine Arts that it’s a bit hard to know where to start.

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A Walk Through the World of Lorraine O’Grady

by Heather Kapplow December 31, 2015January 4, 2016

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — When visiting an art exhibit, there’s a temptation to start at the entryway and work your way through it following the path established by the curator.

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A Brooklyn Art Collective Builds Boats in Boston

by Heather Kapplow September 24, 2015September 24, 2015

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Before you even enter the building, there are boats.

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Arlene Shechet’s Unified Theory of Ceramics

by Heather Kapplow September 2, 2015October 12, 2015

BOSTON — The ads for Arlene Shechet’s exhibition All at Once have been intriguing and unsettling.

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The Crime of Being an “Avant-Garde” Artist

by Heather Kapplow July 16, 2015July 16, 2015

When the news hit that experimental filmmaker Joe Gibbons was arrested for bank robbery in New York this past January, my first reaction was a gut one.

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