Visual Arts

Artist Jace Clayton stands in the center of “40 Part Part,” an interactive installation that requires the visitor to connect their smartphone, laptop, or tablet. The artist’s complex processing algorithm alters the participant’s audio in unexpected ways and is heard through the forty speakers surrounding them. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

DJ Jace Clayton needs songs from your cellphone for his sound installation at MAAM

"Everyone has this world of sound at their fingertips," Clayton said. "And so what if we can turn something which is ordinarily private -- your own personal playlist -- into...

Pottery exhibit at the MFA spins a tale of artistry despite the odds

“Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield South Carolina" is an introduction to Edgefield pottery and an often-overlooked aspect of the American slavery system.

Outsider art is in at the new Shoe Bones gallery in Salem

Shoe Bones will open its doors at 28 Boston St. in Salem on Feb. 11 with the goal of providing a space for outsider, queer and nontraditional artists to showcase...

New Bob Dylan photo exhibit provides a candid look into a critical point in the artist's career

“Don’t Think Twice: The Daniel Kramer Photographs of Bob Dylan, 1964-65” will be on view at the Boch Center Wang Theatre through March 29.

Peabody Essex Museum returns a trove of Salem Witch Trials records to Mass. SJC

Hand-written complaints, death warrants and depositions are among 527 documents that have been under the Peabody Essex Museum's care since 1980. Now, the time-worn papers will be housed and preserved...

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DJ Jace Clayton needs songs from your cellphone for his sound installation at MAAM

Pottery exhibit at the MFA spins a tale of artistry despite the odds

Outsider art is in at the new Shoe Bones gallery in Salem

New Bob Dylan photo exhibit provides a candid look into a critical point in the artist's career

Peabody Essex Museum returns a trove of Salem Witch Trials records to Mass. SJC

12 art exhibits to explore this winter

Local artist stages demonstration inspired by protesters in China

New biography wrestles with Isabella Stewart Gardner's contradicting complexities

MFA's new Conservation Center gives visitors a behind the scenes look at museum work

Fuller Craft explores food insecurity through art in new exhibit

At the MFA, abstract painter Frank Bowling finally gets his due

Gold at the Gardner: Paintings 700 years apart have some things in common

What scrimshaw — and a female pirate — can tell us about 19th-century whaling

13 art exhibits to explore this fall

Artist Karmimadeebora McMillan's colorful landscapes are more than what meets the eye

Unionized workers at MASS MoCA plan one-day strike for Friday

Irreverent pop culture and history join forces at the reopened Emily Dickinson Museum

'Beyond King Tut' invites visitors into an immersive world of the ancient Egyptians

In 'The Road to Zoe,' an artist documents her journey from miscarriage to pregnancy

'Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love' explores Blackness and queerness at PEM