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Natalie Lanese, Retro Future, 2011 acrylic and collage Installation at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum Courtesy of the Artist Photo by Tony Luong
There’s still time to catch Wall Works at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, on view through April 22, 2012. For the exhibition six artists were invited to create site-specific wall installations in response to the deCordova’s permanent collection. The artists—Kysa Johnson, Natalie Lanese, Caleb …more…
Now through August 19, 2012, the Worcester Art Museum (WAM) presents Interstellar, a survey of canvases of Carrie Moyer’s work from the past decade. ...more...
Grace, 76in x 76in Acrylic on linen 2009
On view at the Clark Gallery through February 29th, David Palmer: Paintings features some of the largest works of the artist’s career. If we head back 10-plus years to the explosion of internet media, specialized cable channels, and the supreme domination of strip malls populating the horizon, one can sympathize with that earlier version of David Palmer. There, at the start of …more…
Who couldn’t use a little more Alex Katz in their life? Now’s your chance to head out to the Worcester Art Museum to catch a peek at one of his iconic Ada paintings, along with a new installation of the Museum’s collection of art since the mid-20th century. Featuring approximately fifty works of art, displayed in renovated galleries, the exhibition is presented in three thematic installations: The Persistence of Abstraction, Revivals of Figuration and Portraiture, and Cultural Signs. ...more...
On view through March 4, 2012 at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art is the only east coast museum presentation of Isaac Julien’s acclaimed video installation Ten Thousand Waves. The nine-screen installation weaves together stories linking China’s ancient past and present. ...more...
On view at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston through February 20, 2012, Aphrodite and the Gods of Love. is the first museum exhibition of classical works devoted solely to Aphrodite. Known as Venus to the Romans, the show celebrates her likeness as the first female nude in western art history. Now that the holiday season is over, all of us can switch gears to questions of love and romance, and what better way than meditating on Aphrodite herself? Featuring160 works from the MFA’s Greek and Roman collection, the exhibition also includes 13—9 of which are from Rome and Naples—including Sleeping Hermaphrodite, which has left Italy only once prior to this show. ...more...
Roy Lichtenstein, Forget It! Forget Me! 1962. Gevirtz-Mnuchin Purchase Fund, 1962. Copyright Estate of Roy Lichtenstein.
With all of the buzz about the contemporary in Boston, it might be easy to neglect the incredible collection the Rose Art Museum has maintained of 20th Century art. Located at Brandeis, the museum has long been at the forefront of supporting and collecting American art, and the names displayed on its walls—de Kooning …more…
On display at the Kingston Gallery in Boston through January 1st, Roswell: New Work displays selections from over 40 new paintings, drawings and collages produced by Jennifer Moses over the course of her recent year in New Mexico. ...more...
The Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts is currently presenting Michael Cooper: A Sculptural Odyssey, 1968 – 2011. On display through May 13, 2012 the show focuses on a career spanning more than 40 years where Cooper has explored the frailties of human nature through increasingly complex wood and mixed media sculptures. With equal parts wit and technical adroitness this exhibition presents some of his most provocative works, often exploring the dark side of our fascination with violence, power, and greed. ...more...
Let’s just say it’s true, and that Edgar Degas and Edouard Manet—the two great granddaddies of Impressionism—did in fact meet when they bumped into each another while sketching a Velazquez at the Louvre. If not, it is still one of the better stories in modern art, as the inheritance of the line and the importance of outside influences from the arc of Parisian art history were absolutely essential in creating the revolution that laid the groundwork for abstraction, the 20th Century, and beyond. ...more...
“Mediating Place,” at UMASS Boston’s Harbor Art Gallery, presents a landmark exhibition of international contemporary new media artists converging on the theme of “place.” Curated by Meredith Hoy and Kevin Benisvy, the artists in the exhibition hail from New York City; Berkeley, California; London, UK; China (exact whereabouts unknown); and our very own Boston, MA. They represent institutions as diverse as Colgate University, University of California Berkeley, University of London, …more…
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