Explore Jim Henson’s World
Part of the late Jim Henson’s magic was the appeal of his puppetry to both children and the child in all of us. Sesame Street entrances kids, while their elders appreciate the leavening of adult jokes...
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Picture-Perfect Children’s Reading
Among Howard Zinn’s lesser-known achievements was inspiring the creation of a talking bear that teaches children the virtues of simple living. Really. The bear, aptly named Henry, is based on Henry...
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Visiting the MFA’s Art of the Americas
The Museum of Fine Arts new Art of the Americas wing took more than a decade of fundraising, five years of construction, and more than half a billion dollars to complete. So it’s easy to see why the...
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Color, Form, Texture: The Year in Works of Art
Watch this video on YouTube In the slideshow above see images from the painting and sculpture graduate exhibition and listen to Zach Horn talk about his experience in Ecuador. Below, Elizabeth Ryan...
View ArticleFrank Stella to Receive Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts
Frank Stella, whose paintings and structures of many colors, shapes, and sizes are collected by museums around the world, will give the convocation address at the College of Fine Arts on Saturday, May...
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New Face of the BU Art Gallery
Kate McNamara sees possibilities everywhere, even in a closet crammed with stacks of musty exhibition catalogues, decaying pedestals, and antiquated slide projectors. Not long after she took the reins...
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Remembrance as the Secret of Redemption
Thousands of years separate the exodus of the Jews from Egypt and the recent catastrophic horror of the Holocaust, but these two seminal events in Jewish history bear striking parallels of deprivation...
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Animals Invade the MFA
Spend an afternoon seeing how artists have depicted birds and beasts over the last 500 years in the Paper Zoo exhibition currently on view at the Museum of Fine Arts. From cats to elephants to...
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Pavement Populist
Gazing at the scene in front of the Boston skyscraper, you think, There must be a full moon coming. The International Place security isn’t lifting a finger to stop the two women splattering paint on...
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855 Comm Ave Mural a Community Effort
Alexander Golob stood on a ladder early last Friday afternoon brushing canary-colored paint onto an unlikely canvas: the lower wall of the College of Fine Arts parking lot. On either side of him,...
View ArticleThursday Nights at the ICA Are Free
If you love modern art but are on a tight budget, you’re in luck. Tonight, and every Thursday night, admission to the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston is free from 5 to 9 p.m. With several diverse...
View ArticleExploring the Science Behind Pixar
It’s been 20 years since the release of Toy Story—the world’s first computer-animated feature film—put Pixar Animation Studios on the map. Since then, the company has created some of the most...
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Free Admission at Institute of Contemporary Art Tonight
Ever since the Institute of Contemporary Art moved from cramped quarters on Boylston Street to its new home overlooking Boston Harbor in 2006, it has been a leading player in the city’s cultural...
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From Sketch to Screen
The man on the computer screen, buried to his shoulders in thick, white goo, strains to move. His shadow looms behind him, breaks apart, and melts into the distance as he slogs inexorably to the edge...
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Fort Point Open Studios Returns This Weekend
Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood is home to one of New England’s most vibrant arts communities, and this weekend you can meet more than 80 local artists in person courtesy of the twice-yearly Fort...
View ArticleHarvard Art Museums Offer Dazzling Array of Shows
Drawings by Dutch and Flemish masters, among them Bruegel, Rembrandt, and Rubens, a show exploring the mysterious world of symbolism during the end of the 19th century, prehistoric pottery from...
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