MFA Returns Looted Art to Italy
(September 29, 2006) The Museum of Fine Arts returns stolen antiquities to Italy but some art experts are skeptical the deal will change the market for looted works. |
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 Guerrilla Art
(August 30, 2006) A bench-like object went from being guerilla art to earning Boston City Hall's stamp of approval. |
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 "Body Worlds 2"
(July 31, 2006) A touring exhibit now on display at Boston's Museum of Science blurs the lines between science, art, and spectacle. |
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 Lost in the Louvre
(July 11, 2006) A new book explores the besieged mystique of the art museum, including Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and Gardner Museum. |
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 July Visual Arts Picks
(June 30, 2006) Bohemians, outsiders, misfits and scientists, collaborations and companion exhibitions top off this month's fare. |
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 Palatable Pleasantries
(June 23, 2006) The MFA's new exhibition,"Americans in Paris, 1860-1900," is more about showing off visual niceties than artistic innovation. |
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 Flashback to the Summer of Love
(June 21, 2006) Psychedelic rock posters from the late 1960s bring back the Summer of Love. |
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 Mug Shots
(May 23, 2006) Photographer Kristin Mallery sees faces wherever she looks, from washing machines and gas stoves to cell phones and wireless routers. |
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 Picturing America
(May 16, 2006) An exhibition at the Addison Gallery of American Art proves that America's art photographers -- edgy, maverick, often downright shocking -- are an entertaining tribe. |
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 May Visual Arts Choices
(May 01, 2006) This month's art shows tackle language, science, food and politics, along with a seasonal smattering of summer road trips, vacations and lost images of youth. |
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 Building on the Edge
(April 18, 2006) The innovative new building of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston takes museum design into uncharted territory. |
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 April Visual Arts Best Bets
(April 03, 2006) This month's lineup moves viewers out of the city and into classrooms, suburbs, amusement parks, and various realms of the mind. |
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 Great Taste to Go
(March 28, 2006) An exhilarating exhibition organized by Germany's celebrated Vitra Design Museum displays things designed to be rolled, inflated, collapsed, and hauled away. |
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 The Art of Absorption
(March 21, 2006) The subjects of David Hockney's portraits have been totally absorbed into his art and autobiography. |
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 Not Only for Children
(March 13, 2006) An exhibit at the Boston Public Library proves that children's book author Tomi Ungerer is also one of the 20th century's greatest illustrators and satirists. |
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