Art
The Neoclassical Painter Lost to History
An exhibition outlines 19th-century artist Guillaume Lethière’s connection to his birthplace, mixed-race heritage, and the politics of revolution.
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Joyce Kozloff’s Harvard Square Mural at Risk of Disappearing
Deteriorating conditions threaten the artist’s homage to regional history and feminist art in the Cambridge transit station.
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Kathia St. Hilaire Collages the Complex History of Haiti
Like the narratives she portrays, St. Hilaire’s artistic technique is layered and complex, and reflects vernacular cultural aesthetics and practices.
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Massachusetts Design Art & Technology Institute Receives $10,000 NEA Grant for New Sculpture
The New Bedford art institute wins the city’s first NEA Challenge America Award, paving the way for a new commission by artist and architect Mona Ghandi (Morphogenesis Lab).
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Mitchell Johnson Exhibits Small, Scenic Landscapes in Where The Colors Are
Paintings from New England, Europe, New York, Newfoundland, and California are on view September 4–15 at Truro Center for the Arts in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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Scrimshaw Takes Over the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Summer Exhibitions
The Wider World & Scrimshaw and Shinnecock artist Courtney M. Leonard’s BREACH: Logbook 24 | SCRIMSHAW explore sites of encounter and exchange across the Pacific and Arctic Oceans.
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Jean Shin Gifts At-Risk Birds a Safe Perch
At Appleton Farms, a new installation provides endangered bobolinks a secure place to nest, affirming a sense of human agency in the face of ecological loss.
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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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New Bedford Whaling Museum Restores Rare Panorama Painting
After a complex yearlong conservation effort, one 350-pound painting from Charles Sidney Raleigh’s 275-foot-long panorama has a new lease on life.
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Worcester Art Museum Presents Faith Ringgold: Freedom to Say What I Please
Ringgold’s first solo exhibition in New England in nearly 15 years is centered around her story quilt “Picasso’s Studio”, a cornerstone of the museum’s collection.
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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.