May 3, 4, & 5, 2019 “Somerville Open Studios is a jewel in the Somerville community art scene,” says Evelyn Battinelli, Executive Director, Secretary and Trustee of the Somerville Museum, “the Somerville Museum is very pleased to be a part of this wonderful celebration of the arts.” On May 3, 4, & […]
MAGNUS OPUS: A BOSTON COUNTER CULTURE ICON FINALLY GETS OVERDUE PROPS FOR HIS OIL ORGIES
“A lot of the early punk scene in Boston was started in art galleries … That was no coincidence—these galleries could see that a lot of cool stuff was going on.”
ENDLINGS DIVES INTO KOREAN-AMERICAN IDENTITY: AN INTERVIEW WITH ACTOR JIEHAE PARK
Celine Song’s Endlings, which has its world premiere next month at Cambridge’s American Repertory Theater, is a strange, fantastical work with a lot on its mind. It centers on three aging haenyeoes—female divers from a centuries-old Korean tradition—on the rather desolate island of Man-Jae and on Ha Young, a Korean-Canadian playwright in Manhattan struggling […]
STL GLD UNVEIL NEW PROJECT + ARTWORK WITH LANDMARK MFA COLLABORATION
“Hip-hop was never meant to be here,” Moe Pope told the crowd of family, friends, and artistic associates who came out for the event.
GOING POSTAL: A MONTH-LONG SHOW IN DORCHESTER DISPLAYS LITERAL ARTISTIC DELIVERABLES
The graffiti writer’s love for Priority Mail 228 labels is that which a locavore has for a fresh bunch of backyard arugula.
MY RESOLUTION: TO RECOVER THE BUST THAT WAS STOLEN FROM MASS AND IS SITTING IN STORAGE AT THE LACMA
Since state leaders, LACMA directors, and even the Beacon Hill auction house that sold the Brooks bust have all stonewalled me over the past eight years, I have resolved to do whatever it takes (so long as it’s legal) to get the bust back for Mass in the new year.
NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW
Nine Moments for Now at the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art Outside, in a street-level window, set a bit back from the entrance, are five Karmimadeebora McMillan pieces, all collages and paint on wood. Four of the five pieces are part of McMillan’s Ms Merri Mack series. These reworked […]
UNLESS: MASSIVE PIECE OF ART TELLS SIMPLE MESSAGE ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING
Artist Stephane Cardon is using a large artwork to tell a simple message: Climate change is a pressing, unavoidable crisis that we must take fast action to remediate. Her 3,400-square-foot piece in the entryway of the Prudential Center uses vibrantly colored construction debris netting, a sustainable choice of material. Cardon is also a professor […]
REVIEW: THE LIGHT OF MIDNIGHT FUNK
Curtis Williams is Black, independent, and illustrating with a fiercely uninhibited nonconformist mentality.
BOSTON ART BOOK FAIR: THE ONLY PLACE YOU’LL FIND MIT AND AN ALLSTON ZINE MAKER EXHIBITING
The three-day celebration will shine spotlights on culture from the Boston area and beyond, plus pack plenty of panels and signings with book makers galore.
