Originally published in Little Kingdoms (1993). Personal enjoyment rating (out of 100): 83.There's a bit of Pale Fire in this, a story told through the gallery notes for the twenty-six portr…
The American Folk Art Museum, which is facing serious financial problems, is nonetheless embarking an ambitious project: an exhibition of African-American self-taught and graffiti artists to…
Q. Where did your interest in social justice come from? A. I grew up in Hollywood, California, and my parents were very strong supporters of the Hollywood Ten who were being persecuted durin…
CAMBRIDGE — Shame and humiliation, Sophocles knew, are foes that even the bravest and most relentless warrior cannot defeat.
Sue MacLaine's play about Francis Bacon's muse invites the audience to bring sketchpads. What is it about painting on stage?In May, performer and playwright Sue MacLaine will strip naked in …
Winning filmmakers at this year's Tribeca Film Festival will receive one of nine works, including pieces by Will Ryman, Tom Otterness and Robert De Niro Sr.
With a judicious use of 3D, Wenders does much to bring immediacy and depth to Pina Bausch's glorious choreographyIt's the film I'd been most looking forward to; in fact it was the film that …
NEA chairman provokes heated debate: How much art is too much?
Two solo shows featuring conceptual art about consumerism, senseless accumulation, trash, and fruit stickers have opened in the Boston area in the past week. Both shows — Gabriel Kuri …
There was a moment during rehearsals for “My Name Is Asher Lev’’ when Jason Schuchman felt like the Wandering Jew of Watertown.
Hartford Symphony Orchestra Music Director Designate Carolyn Kuan will lead her first concert as an official member of the HSO on Thursday, March 17 to Sunday, March 20 in the Belding Theate…
This month we're celebrating 360's first decade on the air with the publication of the book Spark: How Creativity Works, by long-time Studio 360 executive producer Julie Burstein. In the boo…
I used to play golf as a teen. In fact, I was pretty good: I came in first in some local junior league tournament. And then, the day after that, I quit. I’d simply had enough with what…
Listen to full interviews with Donald Hall, Joel Meyerowitz, and Lynn Nottage. Sometimes great art comes out of great struggle. This week, Kurt talks with Julie Burstein about artists w…
The heat was broken, so the trio behind Boston’s newest gallery wore scarves and coats and huddled around an electric teapot.
Just how wonderful is the new Google Art Project, which allows you to navigate through galleries of the world’s leading museums and get microscopically close to masterpieces such as Va…
The auction in April is to include 106 works from the 1980s and early 1990s, and it is expected to bring $12.7 million to $16.7 million.
Architect, set designer and Tony nominee David Rockwell won at the Art Directors Guild Awards, held in Beverly Hills on Saturday, February 5. Rockwell won for his work in designing for the 8…
Architect and set designer David Rockwell was among the winners of the Art Directors Guild Awards, which were held in Beverly Hills on Saturday, February 5. Rockwell won for his work in desi…
The painting, titled "Portrait 5, Stephen(s)," was modified by Andres Serrano and Shepard Fairey, and looked at by Frank Stella.
New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik will join Yale University Art Gallery Curator Laurence Kanter for a conversation about art and Long Wharf Theatre's production of Simon Gray's "The Old Masters"…
Google is creating the Google Art Project, a virtual equivalent of 17 major art museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Second City says its mainstage revue, "Spoiler Alert! Everybody Dies," will be performed as scheduled Tuesday night.
Bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch will celebrate the release of his debut solo CD, New American Art Songs, with a concert at Weill Recital Hall/Carnegie Hall on March 28. GPR Records will rele…
BROCKTON — Miyé Matsukata, the progressive jewelry artist, worked in Boston for more than 30 years. Shortly before she died in 1981 of meningitis, she had an exhibit at the Boston…