‘Empire and Its Discontents’ and more at Tufts; ‘Re-View’ and visiting faculty at Harvard; GASP’s Fourth Anniversary
Tufts University Art Gallery presents “Empire And Its Discontents,” which opens September 15 with work by 11 artists tied to previously colonized regions in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia.
By RANDI HOPKINS | September 03, 2008

The devil in the details

‘Drawn to Detail’ and ‘Laylah Ali’ at the DeCordova, Esteban Pastorino Díaz at the SMFA, and Student Loan Art Program at MIT
It’s hard to imagine stopping to look at drawings that don’t coalesce till you let them pull you in and spin you around a bit.
By RANDI HOPKINS | August 28, 2008

What? This old thing?

A guide to Boston's secret trove of peculiar artifacts
Glossy guidebooks often extol Boston as one of America’s most “European” cities, a euphemism that means that we’re . . . you know, wicked old.
By JACQUELINE HOUTON | August 27, 2008

Time bombs

‘Atomic Afterimage’ at Bu, Foreclosures and Risk Structures at MIT, and the Cultural DMZ At Simmons
Timely new exhibitions look at the lust for power and risky business.
By RANDI HOPKINS | August 27, 2008

Lukewarm

Trey McIntyre at the Pillow
Are we in the midst of a dance boom?
By JEFFREY GANTZ | August 27, 2008

Kino pravda

‘Envisioning Russia’ at the MFA
Because Mosfilm, the subject of the Museum of Fine Arts’ “Envisioning Russia” retrospective, was the Soviet state production studio, any cross-section of its history lays out the entirety of Soviet film history.
By MICHAEL ATKINSON | August 26, 2008

Three’s a charm

The 802 Tour at the Museum of Fine Arts, August 24, 2008
Muhly, Amidon, and Bartlett are all VT-to-NY transplants and long-time collaborators.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | August 26, 2008

Corrente’s born-again retirement

If at first you don’t get a taxpayer-funded pension, try, try again
Now here’s a shocker: the Providence Retirement Board made a stupid decision. My heavens!
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | August 20, 2008

The truth is up there

Clouds, sun dogs, and the dream of an atmospheric education . . . How one former TV reporter brought his sky gospel to the people
The sky’s on the move again, he can feel it.
By JAMES PARKER | August 22, 2008

Slideshow: Grizzly Bear at the MFA

August 14, 2008 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

By TIM BUGBEE | August 15, 2008

Fear and loathing

Letters to the Boston Editor, August 15, 2008
In the first two pages of the article, Miliard managed to capture the quintessence of Hunter S. Thompson’s lifeblood.
By LETTERS TO THE BOSTON EDITOR | August 13, 2008

Win tickets to Grizzly Bear

Free tickets to the show at the MFA
Text the word GRIZZLY to 22122*, and you will be entered into a random drawing to win yourself and a pal a pair of tickets to see Grizzly Bear on August 14 at the MFA.
By PHOENIX STAFF | August 06, 2008

Whole in two

William Manning’s abstract continuum
It’s as if Bill Manning and his work are a small, coherent universe of its own that exists somewhere, and periodically others get to visit it for a while.
By KEN GREENLEAF | August 05, 2008

Divine service

An interview with Oscar Mokeme
Oscar Mokeme is the Director of Portland Maine’s Museum of African Culture, which he co-founded in 1998 with Hannaford executive and collector Arthur Aleshire.
By IAN PAIGE | July 31, 2008

Slideshow: Peabody Essex Museum exhibit highlights

Images from "Wedded Bliss," "Painting Summer in New England," "Joseph Cornell," and more

By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | July 25, 2008

Peabody rising

Bold leadership and an ambitious curatorial vision have vaulted the Peabody Essex Museum into a spot among the country’s best
Could the Peabody Essex Museum be the Boston area’s most exciting art museum right now?
By GREG COOK | July 23, 2008

Kickstart art

Galleries band together
The straightforwardly named Boston Contemporary Group aims “to support an environment in Boston for critically relevant contemporary art.”
By GREG COOK | July 23, 2008

Devil in the details

Andrea Sulzer’s “After Nature” is a must-see
A small solo show of Andrea Sulzer’s drawings and woodcuts at the Bowdoin Museum of Art, entitled “After Nature,” is nothing short of riveting.
By IAN PAIGE | July 23, 2008

Rubber soul

‘Momentum 11: Nicholas Hlobo’ at the ICA; ‘12 X 12’ in Provincetown
Pink satin ribbon, rubber inner tubes, and large swaths of flowing organza are some of the materials that Nicholas Hlobo uses in various media to examine gender, ethnicity, and his South African heritage.
By RANDI HOPKINS | July 29, 2008

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