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Museum of Fine Arts

WOKE IN PROGRESS III: DEAFENING SILENCE AT BOSTON’S TWO BEST-KNOWN ART MUSEUMS

Written by HEATHER KAPPLOW Posted December 30, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Though hundreds in the Boston area signed the June 2020 Open Letter from Boston Arts and Cultural Workers in Demand of Racial Equity and Social Transformation that began this inquiry, listing their professional affiliations along with their names on the petition, many have been reluctant to talk about what they or their institutions have done or plan to do since making these commitments.

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Art, arts, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Open Letter from Boston Arts and Cultural Workers, Politics, Protest, racial equity, racism

GALLERY REVIEW: Annette Lemieux: Mise en Scène—Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Written by HEATHER KAPPLOW Posted November 13, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Annette Lemieux, SPIN (details), 2017, pigment inkjet on cotton, velvet, courtesy of the artist and Elizabeth Dee Gallery, NYC

They barely move, but are distinctly not still, hovering above with all of the tension of a cat about to pounce—but never pouncing—on a mouse that is you.

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Annette Lemieux, Boston, gallery, Mise en Scène, mixed media, Museum of Fine Arts, review, visual art

GALLERY REVIEW: Joan Jonas: Ice Drawing—Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Written by HEATHER KAPPLOW Posted November 9, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Joan Jonas, Ice Drawing, 2012, installation consisting of video (color, silent, projected through structure) and structure with metal armature and hanging crystals, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

 

Enter through the Seeking Stillness exhibition if you can—Jonas couldn’t have asked for a better prelude to her work. The artifacts you first encounter in the darkened, theatrical Krupp Gallery greet you as if you were an archaeologist. They were used as tools for something, but what?

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Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Boston, gallery, Heather Kapplow, Ice Drawing, installation, Joan Jonas, Museum of Fine Arts, review, visual art

CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD: MFA’S RENOWNED OUTDOOR MUSIC SERIES RETURNS

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted July 14, 2017 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

The Museum of Fine Arts' concert series is a star-studded celebration in the grass for diehard fans and casual listeners alike.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: 2017, Banda Magda, Blick Bassy, Boston, Concerts in the Courtyard, Debo Band, Dig, DigBoston, Interview, Las Cafeteras, MFA, Muisc, Museum of Fine Arts, Notes From the Scene, Patty Larkin, Ruby Rose Fox, Tank and the Bangas, Traveller

ETERNAL SCULPTURES

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted August 17, 2016 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

The first major US exhibition of Della Robbia at the MFA

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Della Robbia, MFA, Museum of Fine Arts, Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence

BOSTON BREAKOUTS: QUILT RETURN HOME TO SET BREEZY GROOVES FREE AT MFA

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted February 26, 2016 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

Boston's favorite four-piece talks homesickness, orchestral arrangements, and the absurd beauty of plazas before their return.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Boston, Dig, DigBoston, Eliot St., Interview, Jamaica Plain, MFA, Museum of Fine Arts, Music, New York City, Plaza, Quilt, simon hanes, Tredici Bacci

THE SEVEN SEES: UNDERRATED VENUES TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted January 18, 2016 Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

Tired of going to the same music venues? Us too.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: 2016, Allston, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Charlie’s Kitchen, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Dig, DigBoston, First Church in Cambridge Congregational, Institute of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Music, Notes From the Scene, Out of the Blue Too Art Gallery, Venues, Waterworks Museum

DIG THIS: INFECTED MUSHROOM, DISGRACED, AND WINTER FARMERS MARKET

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 6, 2016 Filed Under: DigThis

Just to clarify, there will be no infected mushrooms at the farmers market

Filed Under: DigThis Tagged With: Cambridge Community Center, Cambridge Winter Farmers Market, Disgraced, Dudley Cafe, Egleston, HOPE Inc, house of blues, huntington theatre company, Infected Mushroom, Jackson Glass, JP Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Namaste Saturday, networking, Sara DiVello, Society of Urban Poetry

GOING DUTCH: CLASS DISTINCTIONS: DUTCH PAINTING IN THE AGE OF REMBRANDT AND VERMEER

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted October 23, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

A stunning, invaluable exhibit opens at the MFA.

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Dutch, Museum of Fine Arts, painting, Rembrandt, Ronni Baer, Vermeer

FOTOBOM: LOW @ BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL

Written by BETH DOREIAN Posted October 7, 2015 Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews

Low's show at Brighton Music Hall offered a return to the club feel that marked the band's '90s debut.

Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: 2015, Andy Shauf, Boston, brighton music hall, DigBoston, Fotobom, live, Low, Museum of Fine Arts, review, Slowcore

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