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PUBLIC ART HOLDS VALUE DURING PANDEMIC TIMES

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted December 10, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Panelists addressed the role of art in this unprecedented period.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: coronavirus, greenway conservancy, Kara Elliot Ortega, public art

INTERVIEW: THE PEOPLE’S MEMORIAL PROJECT

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 27, 2020 Filed Under: A+E

Shining light on the future and potential of public pedestals.

Filed Under: A+E Tagged With: Art, Boston, North End, public art

MY RESOLUTION: TO RECOVER THE BUST THAT WAS STOLEN FROM MASS AND IS SITTING IN STORAGE AT THE LACMA

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 27, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, News

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.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, News Tagged With: #mapoli, Art, Boston, Charles Brooks, Dorchester, Gardnder Heist, history caper, Houghton Library, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, King Charles I, LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mass, Massachusetts Bay Charter, massachusetts state house, missing art, Myles Connor, public art, Rome, State House art, stolen art, Thomas Crawford

PANEL WORK: LAWN ON D INSTALLATION KICKS OFF JULY 9 WITH PUBLIC ART DISCUSSION

Written by RENAN FONTES Posted July 7, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Being fun doesn’t diminish the importance of public art.

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Alice Vogler, Amanda Parer, ArtLab, Boston Children's Museum, Chris Frost, Chris Wangro, Ian Deleón, intrude, Kate Gilbert, Kelly Goff, Lawn on D, Mary Hale, Play in Public Art, public art, rabbits, Robert Lobe, Shepley Bulfinch, South Boston, Time Body Space Objects

LA OR BUST

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 23, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Investigators may never locate the Gardner paintings, but Governor Baker might be able to retrieve this missing sculpture for Mass with a phone call

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Art, Boston, Charles Brooks, Dorchester, Gardnder Heist, history caper, Houghton Library, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, King Charles I, LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mass, Massachusetts Bay Charter, massachusetts state house, missing art, Myles Connor, public art, Rome, State House art, stolen art, Thomas Crawford

ACCESS THE ARTS: ENJOY ALL THE SCENE HAS TO OFFER

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted November 20, 2014 Filed Under: Visual Arts

If you're a student who blew through your semester’s savings by the end of September, someone who hands over each paycheck directly to their landlord, or someone busy working to find work, sneezing next to one of greater Boston's many arts institutions can feel like an overdraft threat to your bank account. That should’t be the case, and in many instances, it’s not.

Filed Under: Visual Arts Tagged With: 35 Below Wrap Parties, A.R.T., Access The Arts, affordable arts, Ai Weiwei, All Cramped Up, american repertory theater, artist, Bad Habit Productions, BCA, Boston, boston arts, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston Public Library, Boston Symphony Orchestra, boston university, Brockton, BSO, BSO 101: Are You Listening? Variations on Variations, BSO For Dummies, Burlesque, Busch-Reisinger, cantab, Cheap Seats, Chinese jade, Columbus Park, Company One Theater, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Museum, Copley square, courtyard, D.C., Dennis Houlihan, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Dinah DeVille, Dinah DeVille and The Bloodstains, Dublin, Dudley Square, Eve Ensler, Facebook, Fishamble Theatre, Flying Books Under Black Rain Painting, Fogg, fort point, Free, Gauguin, Great Artists Steal, Guinness, Haley House, Haley House Bakery café, Harvard Art Museums, harvard square, Hatem Addel, homophobia, House Slam, huntington theatre company, Irish arts, Janae JOhnson, Jason McCool, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jim O’Hanlon, John Kuntz, lizard lounge, Lowell, Lyric Stage Company, Marina Carr, McCool, Merrimack, middle east downstairs, Midway, Nationals, Necessary Monsters, nonprofit, O.P.C., O’Keefe, Olivia Thirlby, Owen McCafferty, Pat Falco, piazza, poetry, poets, Porsha Olayiwola, public art, Punk Rockin’ + Pastie Poppin’, racism, Rebecca Horn, Renzo Piano, residency, Roxbury, Scenes from The Big Picture, Seamus Collins, Sean Maguire, sexism, Shephard Fairey, Shockheaded Peter, Slainte!, Solas Nua, south end, SpeakEasy Stage, spoken word, stage readings, student deals, Student Rush, subversive art, The Buddhist of Castleknock, The Burren, The Hub Theater Co. of Boston, THE REAL THING, the Sackler, The Tale of The Allergist’s Wife, Tom Stoppard, transphobia, tweed, Untitled November, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, veteran discounts, Vincent van Gogh, visual art, Washington

STEALING HARVARD: ENJOY THE NEWLY REOPENED HARVARD ART MUSEUMS FOR FREE

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted November 16, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

If your schedule doesn't align with the Harvard Art Museums' opening celebration freebies, there are still a couple of ways for your shoes to be among the first to scuff the floors on the cheap.

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Access The Arts, affordable arts, Ai Weiwei, Boston Public Library, Busch-Reisinger, Chinese jade, Copley square, courtyard, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Flying Books Under Black Rain Painting, Fogg, Free, Gauguin, Harvard Art Museums, harvard square, O’Keefe, piazza, public art, Rebecca Horn, Renzo Piano, the Sackler, Vincent van Gogh

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