Announcement
MassArt’s 2019 MFA Summer Thesis Exhibition Opens July 22
Featuring work from MassArt’s 2019 Low Residency MFA candidates in Interdisciplinary Practice. On view from July 22 – August 8.
Massachusetts
Opinion
Boston Museum of Fine Arts's Apology Is Another Reminder of the Museum World’s Lack of Representation
Racist incidents like the one that targeted school children at the Boston MFA are neither the beginning nor the end. They underscore the museum world's frequent failure to serve marginalized communities.
In Brief
After Students Report Racist Incidents, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts Bans Two Patrons and Plans Unconscious Bias Training
After middle school students and faculty reported four racist encounters at the museum, the institution launched an investigation into the claims, including reports that the students were profiled by security guards.
In Brief
Middle Schoolers Reported Racism from Staff and Patrons During a School Trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts
The museum has issued an apology for the "range of challenging and unacceptable experiences that made them feel unwelcome" and has launched an investigation.
Announcement
The Massachusetts Design Art and Technology Institute Kicks Off Their City-Wide Collaborative Venture, Summer Winds
The centerpiece of Summer Winds is a large scale, site specific architectural art installation called Silver Current by LA artist Patrick Shearn. On view from July 1 to September 30, 2019 in New Bedford, MA.
In Brief
US Museum Asks Far-Right German Party to Stop Using Its Painting for an Election Ad
The campaign, funded by the Alternative for Germany party, features the 1866 painting "Slave Market" with the caption, "So that Europe won't become Eurabia."
Art
The Wild World of Trenton Doyle Hancock
Hancock's is a world with its own creation myths and conflicts — colorful and fun, but with serious undertones.
Announcement
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Takes Its 2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition to MASS MoCA
The exhibition will showcase the work of thirteen graduate students in the final year and is on view from May 3-May 19, including an opening reception on Saturday, May 4.
Announcement
Announcing the Boston University 2019 MFA Thesis Exhibitions
This year’s Thesis Exhibitions are hosted in three installments, both on-campus and in Boston’s SoWA Arts District.
Art
Harry Dodge Presents Love as a Tool for Discovery
Dodge’s work implies that you’ll eventually have to rethink love formally in order to reconcile technology and humanity.
Announcement
Join the Lesley Low-Res MFA Program this June in Boston/Cambridge
Designed for working professionals. Applications are due May 15 for the June 21–30 residency program.
Art
Botticelli Through a Graphic Novelist’s Eye
For Botticelli: Heroines + Heroes, the painter, cartoonist, and graphic novelist Karl Stevens was called in to provide interpretive drawings of the Renaissance master's paintings.