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Too Close for Comfort
How Just Stop Oil protests’ destruction of art reflects on the Environmental Movement.
Art and Endurance: Reflections on Pérez Art Museum Miami
The effects of tropical spacial design on visitors’ experience at the vibrancy of Contemporary Latin American art within Pérez Art Museum Miami.
In Defense of “The Embrace”
How sexualizing Boston’s new Martin Luther King Jr. monument discounts the legacy it represents.
Must be this Old to Ride: Reconciling Queer Desire and Age
Samantha Nye, a Philadelphian artist, talks about sex and aging in an interview with Hilary Hagen (BU ‘24).
A Hidden Gem in Abstract Art: Burhan Doğançay
Burhan Doğançay, a Turkish artist, managed to see the beauty in the run-down.
A Rainy Day at the Museum of Modern Art
What makes the Museum of Modern Art a must on any New York itinerary.
A Beacon in the Barracks
Yeo Workshop, a small contemporary art gallery in Singapore, does not shy away from giant projects or critical conversations.
On the Materiality of Painting
Boston’s Harvard Art Museums hold a body of work demonstrating a variety of Modernist concepts.
Detrimental Dichotomies in the Art of Liu Guosong
Does Chinese painting need the West to modernize?
Artwork Balances Hope in the Midst of Upheaval
Contrasting artwork highlights hope and turmoil in the modern-day migrant experience.
The Material World of the Chinese Bronze Age
From the 1046 to 771 BCE, the Western Zhou dynasty played a crucial role in the development of Chinese ritual art.
Concerned and Concerning: Sanford Biggers at Tufts
Sanford Biggers alters African sculptures for his BAM series commemorating African Americans killed by police violence.
A Conversation with Michelle Millar Fisher of Art + Museum Transparency
Michelle Millar Fisher, face of the new movement Art + Museum Transparency and MFA Boston curator, discusses unpaid internships in the art world.
Mohamad Hafez: On the Scale of Grief and Memory
Rebuilding Syria in the miniature, Mohamad Hafez’s sculptures preserve the memories of a country destroyed by war and grapple with the limitations of what art can do in the face of loss and destruction.
Discovering Fifty Days at Iliam
Sometimes art requires a second look to be truly appreciated. Remarkable once understood, Cy Twombly’s collection Fifty Days at Iliam falls into this category.
Projecting the Canvas: Bourse de Bruxelles and L’Atelier des Lumières
What if you could view a Van Gogh or a Klimt, with the added novelty of a massive, psychedelic light show?
The Metaphor of Art
When you see art and God as different words for the same metaphor, art opens up into infinite possibilities.
Supplementing Text Through Art: John Martin’s Seventh Plague of Egypt
Art has always helped bring clarity to words. John Martin’s Seventh Plague of Egypt achieves clear perspective on the Biblical story of Moses.
"Casanova’s Europe" and the Art of Exhibition
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston's exhibit Casanova's Europe put antique pieces in a historical context and in doing so brought Europe in the 18th century to life.