Arts Home Calendar Every search and purchase you make from here supports WBUR The Making of Sonnets Basra: Defining Moment? Super-Fed #OAG1# Europe and Missile Defense RSS Feeds Podcasts Visual Arts :: Jump to page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 March Visual Arts Choices (February 28, 2006) This month's range of shows is sure to delight, from appearances by a gigantic beaver to one of the best design exhibits in recent memory at the Institute of Contemporary Art. A Stella Year (February 21, 2006) In 1958, a twenty-two year old painter began to change the face of American art. All Heart (February 13, 2006) A local photographer is garnering attention by snapping hearts all over town. Smart Art (February 07, 2006) Boston-area college art museums go where many mainstream exhibition spaces fear to tread. February Visual Arts Picks (January 30, 2006) A month dedicated to those who favor the new, from gritty photographic views of contemporary Boston to the hot young artist Dana Schutz. Art That Pours (January 09, 2006) An enjoyable new exhibition celebrates the teapot as an object of art as well as a means for quenching thirst. January Visual Arts Picks (January 04, 2006) Photography dominates this month's exhibition lineup along with showcases of new acquisitions, including an exhibition dedicated to Barbie, an icon found under many a Christmas tree. Eastern Exposures (December 23, 2005) When Italian artist Gentile Bellini sailed from Venice to Constantinople in 1479, he initiated one of the stranger cultural exchanges in European art history. December Visual Arts Highlights (November 29, 2005) 'Tis the season to be jolly and this month's stirring exhibitions oblige, though some shows, particularly an AIDS installation, plead for compassion. November Visual Arts Highlights (November 01, 2005) The lineup of exhibitions in New England this month embraces every extreme -- chaos and order, abstraction and figuration, the old and the new. The Real Degas? (October 26, 2005) Was French artist Edgar Degas the most conservative Impressionist? Or was he the most radical? A number of new exhibitions suggest that he could have been both. The Art of 9/11 (October 07, 2005) An exhibit curated by one of America's leading visual arts critics highlights the ways the 9/11 tragedy obliquely influenced creativity. October Visual Arts Picks (October 05, 2005) The more daring of this month's exhibitions take art off the walls and launch it into public, aural, and outer space. In fact, Boston may be the place that reinvents painting. Beauty Made Visible (September 27, 2005) With the help of a one-of-a-kind project, the city of Cambridge, MA is finding imaginative ways to get its bounty of public art noticed. September Visual Arts Standouts (August 31, 2005) The season kicks off in earnest later this month, but there's much to recommend, especially "Degas at Harvard" and a remembrance of September 11. Arts Features Films at the Gate Photos See photos of kung-fu movies and former Boston Chinatown movie theater locations. Guerrilla Art See photos of local artist Matthew Hincman's bench-like sculpture. "O" is for Original Local artist "Danny O" portrays whimsical scenes of summer in Boston. Multimedia Singer at 100 An exclusive online special explores the controversial work and life of Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer. Gauguin's Tahiti Paintings Take a multimedia tour of Paul Gauguin's Tahiti paintings, including the famous painting, "Where Are We From." Hawthorne at 200 View a multimedia celebration of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 200th birthday.