Visual ArtsFor Multimedia Artist Nicole L'Huillier, Sound Is A Portal For ChangeBlending sound, science and art, L’Huillier's work asks audiences to clear their minds, unlearn their conditioning, and get back to the basics. “How do we form parts, how do we...WBUR NewsSep 20, 2021Artist Bashezo Uplifts People In The Queer And Trans CommunityThe trans nonbinary artist has spent nearly half a lifetime defining who they are, finding solace in spirituality, sculpture and building art installations.WBUR NewsSep 20, 2021Photographer Philip Keith Is Capturing The Full Human ExperienceBlack Lives Matter marches kicked off the photographer's career, but he doesn't want to be defined by his protest photos.PlayWBUR News04:49Sep 20, 2021In Photographer Abelardo Morell’s Italy, Life Upside Down Is Still BeautifulOn view at the Fitchburg Art Museum, the photos capture multiple levels of ravishing beauty and arresting grandeur, layered and folded in upon themselves, the way art and genius so...WBUR NewsSep 2, 2021Three Boston Artists Present Personal Takes On Community At The ICAMarlon Forrester, Eben Haines and Dell Marie Hamilton were selected for this year's James and Audrey Foster Prize exhibition.WBUR NewsAug 31, 2021A Macular Degeneration Odyssey: Books, Bill Russell And BeethovenA critic tries to cope with age-related eye issues. Can he learn new tricks?WBUR NewsAug 31, 2021At The ICA, Artist Raúl De Nieves Investigates Memory And MasteryRaúl de Nieves is known for his adorned sculptures coated with beads, bangles and sequins, inspired by both the costumes he remembers as a boy in Mexico and the costumes...WBUR NewsAug 30, 2021Separated For Centuries, Titian’s 'Poesie' Reunite At The Gardner Museum In A Powerful ExhibitionThe whole set has not been seen together for nearly 500 years. Boston is now the last of its three rarefied stops. It’s a very big deal. And it’s wonderful,...WBUR NewsAug 16, 2021Rare Reunion Of Titian Masterpieces Sheds Light On Isabella Stewart Gardner As A Collecting Pioneer125 years ago this month, a ravishing Italian masterpiece arrived in Boston. Right before the pandemic "The Rape of Europa" — Isabella Stewart Gardner's “crown jewel” — left the Gardner...PlayWBUR News06:11Aug 12, 2021In Somerville, Affordable Studio Space For Artists Is Rapidly DisappearingThe tenants at Somerville’s Central Street Studios had long been worried about a potential sale because of the MBTA Green Line extension. The pandemic heightened those fears, and tenants just...WBUR NewsAug 9, 2021Ekua Holmes' Vivid Collages Capture Spirit And Community At The MFAIn her work, the artist incorporates mostly primary colors and she honors Black history, Black art and Black pioneers, bringing important new voices into galleries.PlayWBUR News04:46Aug 2, 2021Meet The Youth Winner Of The Audubon Photography Awards: Arav KarighattamThe 17-year-old captured a purple sandpiper along the shores of Rockport, a type of bird that thrives in harsh conditions.WBUR NewsAug 2, 2021From Obey Giant To Oceans, Artist Shepard Fairey Reflects On His First Permanent Mural In BostonThe street artist and activist has immortalized the likenesses of wrestling icon André the Giant and President Barack Obama in paint. Now, it's the North Atlantic right whale's turn.PlayWBUR News06:09Jul 23, 2021Harvard Art Museums Appoints New Curator Of American ArtHorace Ballard is set to begin this role in September and hopes viewers will come away from the collections with questions and a desire to keep learning. WBUR NewsJul 9, 2021A Trippy Funhouse Art Installation Invites You To 'Go Pixel Yourself'In artist John Carter's immersive experience at the CambridgeSide Galleria Mall, visitors walk through 13 themed rooms that feel made for Instagram.WBUR NewsJul 2, 2021At The ICA, Virgil Abloh's 'Figures Of Speech' Offers Loaded WordsThe designer and artist's 20-year retrospective showcases his work, which he said, "exists to surf on this hydroplane of pop culture, to sort of spread ideas and empower people."WBUR NewsJul 1, 2021State Commission Recommends $575 Million Investment In Mass. Cultural SectorThe commission's final report urges the Legislature to spend $575 million of the roughly $5.3 billion that state government received from the American Rescue Plan Act on the arts and...WBUR NewsJun 30, 2021Artists Reconsider The Mayflower Crossing In Exhibition At Fuller CraftTen artists were asked to create works interpreting the historic voyage but using only tools, materials and processes that existed back in 1620.WBUR NewsJun 30, 2021At The Fitchburg Art Museum, An Artist Ponders The Caprice And Folly of YouthNathan Clark Bentley creates paintings that are comic and surreal critiques of youth culture and what he calls "toxic masculinity."WBUR NewsJun 23, 20218 Art Exhibits To Explore This SummerAfter more than a year of interruptions, Boston museums and galleries are open and going full force. Art critic Pam Reynolds recommends eight art exhibits worth seeing this summer.WBUR NewsJun 21, 2021Next Page
For Multimedia Artist Nicole L'Huillier, Sound Is A Portal For ChangeBlending sound, science and art, L’Huillier's work asks audiences to clear their minds, unlearn their conditioning, and get back to the basics. “How do we form parts, how do we...WBUR NewsSep 20, 2021
Artist Bashezo Uplifts People In The Queer And Trans CommunityThe trans nonbinary artist has spent nearly half a lifetime defining who they are, finding solace in spirituality, sculpture and building art installations.WBUR NewsSep 20, 2021
Photographer Philip Keith Is Capturing The Full Human ExperienceBlack Lives Matter marches kicked off the photographer's career, but he doesn't want to be defined by his protest photos.PlayWBUR News04:49Sep 20, 2021
In Photographer Abelardo Morell’s Italy, Life Upside Down Is Still BeautifulOn view at the Fitchburg Art Museum, the photos capture multiple levels of ravishing beauty and arresting grandeur, layered and folded in upon themselves, the way art and genius so...WBUR NewsSep 2, 2021
Three Boston Artists Present Personal Takes On Community At The ICAMarlon Forrester, Eben Haines and Dell Marie Hamilton were selected for this year's James and Audrey Foster Prize exhibition.WBUR NewsAug 31, 2021
A Macular Degeneration Odyssey: Books, Bill Russell And BeethovenA critic tries to cope with age-related eye issues. Can he learn new tricks?WBUR NewsAug 31, 2021
At The ICA, Artist Raúl De Nieves Investigates Memory And MasteryRaúl de Nieves is known for his adorned sculptures coated with beads, bangles and sequins, inspired by both the costumes he remembers as a boy in Mexico and the costumes...WBUR NewsAug 30, 2021
Separated For Centuries, Titian’s 'Poesie' Reunite At The Gardner Museum In A Powerful ExhibitionThe whole set has not been seen together for nearly 500 years. Boston is now the last of its three rarefied stops. It’s a very big deal. And it’s wonderful,...WBUR NewsAug 16, 2021
Rare Reunion Of Titian Masterpieces Sheds Light On Isabella Stewart Gardner As A Collecting Pioneer125 years ago this month, a ravishing Italian masterpiece arrived in Boston. Right before the pandemic "The Rape of Europa" — Isabella Stewart Gardner's “crown jewel” — left the Gardner...PlayWBUR News06:11Aug 12, 2021
In Somerville, Affordable Studio Space For Artists Is Rapidly DisappearingThe tenants at Somerville’s Central Street Studios had long been worried about a potential sale because of the MBTA Green Line extension. The pandemic heightened those fears, and tenants just...WBUR NewsAug 9, 2021
Ekua Holmes' Vivid Collages Capture Spirit And Community At The MFAIn her work, the artist incorporates mostly primary colors and she honors Black history, Black art and Black pioneers, bringing important new voices into galleries.PlayWBUR News04:46Aug 2, 2021
Meet The Youth Winner Of The Audubon Photography Awards: Arav KarighattamThe 17-year-old captured a purple sandpiper along the shores of Rockport, a type of bird that thrives in harsh conditions.WBUR NewsAug 2, 2021
From Obey Giant To Oceans, Artist Shepard Fairey Reflects On His First Permanent Mural In BostonThe street artist and activist has immortalized the likenesses of wrestling icon André the Giant and President Barack Obama in paint. Now, it's the North Atlantic right whale's turn.PlayWBUR News06:09Jul 23, 2021
Harvard Art Museums Appoints New Curator Of American ArtHorace Ballard is set to begin this role in September and hopes viewers will come away from the collections with questions and a desire to keep learning. WBUR NewsJul 9, 2021
A Trippy Funhouse Art Installation Invites You To 'Go Pixel Yourself'In artist John Carter's immersive experience at the CambridgeSide Galleria Mall, visitors walk through 13 themed rooms that feel made for Instagram.WBUR NewsJul 2, 2021
At The ICA, Virgil Abloh's 'Figures Of Speech' Offers Loaded WordsThe designer and artist's 20-year retrospective showcases his work, which he said, "exists to surf on this hydroplane of pop culture, to sort of spread ideas and empower people."WBUR NewsJul 1, 2021
State Commission Recommends $575 Million Investment In Mass. Cultural SectorThe commission's final report urges the Legislature to spend $575 million of the roughly $5.3 billion that state government received from the American Rescue Plan Act on the arts and...WBUR NewsJun 30, 2021
Artists Reconsider The Mayflower Crossing In Exhibition At Fuller CraftTen artists were asked to create works interpreting the historic voyage but using only tools, materials and processes that existed back in 1620.WBUR NewsJun 30, 2021
At The Fitchburg Art Museum, An Artist Ponders The Caprice And Folly of YouthNathan Clark Bentley creates paintings that are comic and surreal critiques of youth culture and what he calls "toxic masculinity."WBUR NewsJun 23, 2021
8 Art Exhibits To Explore This SummerAfter more than a year of interruptions, Boston museums and galleries are open and going full force. Art critic Pam Reynolds recommends eight art exhibits worth seeing this summer.WBUR NewsJun 21, 2021
