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EDITORIAL: THE ARTS SPEECH

Written by Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS

Festive DigBoston newspaper box with other newspaper boxes

 

DigBoston wants to hear from Boston-area neighborhood artists and arts reporters

 

Every few months, we start a new intern cohort at DigBoston. And since we’ve taken to accepting larger numbers of interns—we currently have 16 for the summer—inevitably ...  read more

CARRIE MAE WEEMS SOLO SHOW IMPRESSES AT BOSTON COLLEGE

Written by Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

 

Strategies of Engagement at McMullen Museum of Art

 

Our current political storm is exposing how few people (myself included) have a solid knowledge of the history of racism in America. Books like The Strange Career of Jim Crow, ...  read more

IMAGINING AN AFTER

Written by Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Jesse Sugarmann, We Build Excitement (stills), 2013 digital video. Part of the Museum of Capitalism exhibition.

 

Exploring the Museum of Capitalism

 

I was looking and looking for a quote that I thought was from the philosopher Wittgenstein about how difficult—how structurally impossible it is—to analyze a cultural phenomenon from inside of it, but I was never able to find the quote and am now not ...  read more