A reporter visits the new MassArt Art Museum (MAAM) and speaks to some of the 2,600 visitors who passed through the front doors on opening day.
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Boston University Announces Tuesday Night MFA Lecture Series for Spring 2020
The series brings renowned visual artists to the Boston University campus for talks throughout the semester. All lectures are free and open to the public.
The History of a Printmaking Workshop for Women Artists, From Elaine de Kooning to Faith Ringgold
From 1984 to 2012, printmaker and professor Nancy Campbell ran the Mount Holyoke College Printmaking Workshop, where women artists like Kiki Smith and Vija Celmins produced remarkable prints.
Museum of Fine Arts Hosts Boston’s Largest Hanukkah Celebration
Highlights include tours of the MFA’s trove of Judaica and Jewish art and a community-lighting ceremony with an artist-designed menorah.
Harvard Students Install a Memorial Site for Opioid Victims at Arthur M. Sackler Museum
The installation featured the names of 250 people who died from opioid overdoses recorded on the museum’s stairs.
Worcester Art Museum Presents Photo Revolution: Andy Warhol to Cindy Sherman
A bold, multi-media exhibition, Photo Revolution traces iconic artists from the 1960s to the 1980s. On view through February 16, 2020.
Apply to the MA Program in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst, the flagship research university in the University of Massachusetts system, is one of the fastest-rising Tier-One public research universities in the nation. Applications to the MA Program in art history are due by January 15, 2020.
Introducing a Mural by Frank Stella in Boston Seaport
Explore new public art by Frank Stella and celebrate the first anniversary of Okuda San Miguel’s sculpture series in Boston Seaport.
Amazon Facial Recognition Falsely Links 27 Athletes to Mugshots in ACLU Study
Massachusetts’s American Civil Liberties Union chapter revealed Amazon’s “Rekognition” technology falsely linked the faces of 27 professional athletes in New England to mugshots in a criminal database.
Boston Art Book Fair Returns for its Third Year, November 8-10
Boston Center for the Arts and Bodega team up again to present the second largest Art Book Fair on the East Coast, taking place in the Historic Cyclorama at BCA.
Northeastern University College of Arts, Media & Design Launches MS in Creative Practice Leadership
This program explores new approaches to leadership in critical creative practice, cultural entrepreneurship, and arts and entertainment.
Samantha Adler de Oliveira Takes Her Experimental Film to the Festival Circuit
The Singing Glass was the centerpiece of the artist’s thesis work as a graduate student in MassArt’s Film/Video MFA program.