Art Review
Beverly Semmes’s Feminist Palimpsests
Women’s bodies are a locus for corrosive stereotypes and ebullient individuality in the artist’s sculpture, painting, fashion, and more.
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The Painter Who Captured the Dark Side of Flowers
Rachel Ruysch's floral abundance is sharpened by an acute awareness of death, decay, and the violence of nature.
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John Wilson Spent a Lifetime Making Blackness Visible
His social realism style was well suited to the difficult subjects, including racism and other forms of oppression, he took on in his art.
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Announcement
SMFA at Tufts University Presents Pulling Teeth and Jumping Rope
Work by graduate artists of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University is on view May 6–19 in Massachusetts.
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MassArt’s 2024 MFA Thesis Exhibition Opens in Boston’s SoWa Arts District
Graduates of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design showcase their thesis work on campus and at the MassArt x SoWa Gallery, with public artist talks and screening on May 10.
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Damien H. Ding’s Dreams of a Modernist Past
In his paintings, Ding establishes an imaginary dialogue with architect I. M. Pei that reveals something about both the artist and his subject.
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A Slice of Americana Told Through Tapestries
Mary Tooley Parker takes a folk art form that emerged in the mid-19th century and transforms it into a way of recounting life in the 1960s.
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The Immense Charm of Miniatures
Tiny Treasures at the MFA Boston makes the case that miniatures need not be oversimplified or relegated to realms of the nostalgic and cute.
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Boston Art Book Fair Celebrates Printed Materials, Innovative Arts, and Radical Design
Presented by Boston Center for the Arts and Bodega, this weekend-long event in November features artist books, prints, workshops, and more by over 140 exhibitors.
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New Arts Faculty Bring Depth to Art Making at SMFA at Tufts
Pamela Pecchio, Qais Assali, Zora J. Murff, Leslie Rogers, and Ihnmi Jon have joined the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University as full-time faculty.
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What Did the Lion Tell the Tiger?
While Wu Junyong is deeply connected to his love of Chinese myths, folktales, and language, his subjects underscore his break with the past.
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In Its 150th Year, MassArt Presents 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibitions
Work from MFA candidates at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design is on view in Boston at MassArt x SoWa and on campus, with public artist talks on May 26.