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The 66 goes past Coolidge Corner?: John Ewing’s Virtual Street Corners

May 21, 2010

Marisa Gjurgevich interviews Boston artist John Ewing about his upcoming digital media public art project between Coolidge Corner and Dudley Square.

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The Sol LeWitt MASS MoCA Show: Don’t wait until 2033

February 25, 2010

Bryce Lambert visits MASS MoCA in North Adams for three floors of Sol Lewitt wall drawings.

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Herb and Dorothy (2008)

December 24, 2009

I missed the short run the Kendall Landmark gave the 2008 documentary Herb and Dorothy a few months ago. Apparently, I also missed it on PBS’s Independent Lens, but we all know how hard it is to keep up with PBS’s schedule. I was finally just able to see it on video. The film follows […]

Art

Notes from the MFA: A Mummy Head, Footed Canopic Jar, and Madonna

November 3, 2009

Egyptian art always freaks me out a little. Although I certainly don’t believe aliens built the pyramids, it is so alien, and often so much more unsettling in its abstractions of human form than modern or contemporary art is supposed to be. Those wide dark eyes on the statues and paintings, the lines of sculpture […]

Lectures

Boston’s Lecture Scene: Not John Stoddard Anymore

October 21, 2009

If BSO tickets or the MFA’s new prices are draining your entertainment budget, Boston’s gamut of free lectures, often followed by receptions with free food and even a little free booze, offer engaging and educational relief. The MFA’s Shapiro Celebrity Lecture Series may fetch $30+ for a ticket, but Boston’s universities rarely charge even a […]

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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (and Copyright)

October 17, 2009

I suppose I’m responding here more to activity in the local blogosphere (see Joel Brown and Thomas Garvey), than I am to the ongoing news of Shepard Fairey versus the AP and his recent statement that he knowingly falsified evidence, because I follow those blogs more closely than Shepard Fairey news and my problem with […]

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ICA, Do It Your Way

October 14, 2009

After seeing the Shepard Fairey exhibition at the ICA and witnessing all the hype drummed up by Fairey’s ‘arrest,’ I’ve felt that the museum, as an institution, has this very tangible presence in what it puts on. When you go see the Titians, or whatever, at the MFA you don’t get a sense of the […]