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Saturday And Sunday, September 27 & 28: Walk Into The Sea

by Liza Weisstuch | September 22, 2008

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Friday, July 25 - Friday, August 22

by Liza Weisstuch | July 10, 2008
Artist/überdoodler Chi-Yun Lau, a senior designer for an online gaming company, lives in Somerville and likes Batman and Werner Herzog flicks. Illustrator and graphic designer Dave McMahon likes guitars, comics, and girls (in no particular order) and...

Amanda Means: "Looking at Leaves"

by Liza Weisstuch | June 23, 2008
THROUGH MARCH, 2009 Spoiler alert: autumn is coming. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but it’ll be here soon enough, stunning foliage in tow. Admit it: even when you’re lounging on the beach, you get a little twinge of excitement when you think about...

Through Friday, July 11: Matthew Barney

by Liza Weisstuch | May 30, 2008
He’s a master at composing Vaseline sculptures, and you’d be hard-pressed to find another human being who can make a mind-bending fivepart movie featuring tap-dancing Masonic Girl Scouts, a double-amputee Olympian, cowboys, and the Goodyear blimps half...

Kir royale

by Heather Bouzan | May 05, 2008

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“Wedded Bliss, The Marriage of Art and Ceremony” at the Peabody Essex Museum

by Heather Bouzan | April 23, 2008
SATURDAY, APRIL 26 - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Even if the word "marriage" tends to inspire in you little more than a cold sweat, it's impossible to deny the cultural and emotional significance of the ceremony. (Relax, Mom: you're gonna have...

"El Greco to Velázquez" and "Antonio López García" at the Museum of Fine Arts

by Heather Bouzan | April 07, 2008
SUNDAY, APRIL 13 - SUNDAY, JULY 27 It's "Spanish Spring" at the Museum of Fine Arts (465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 617.267.9300), and we're excited for the chance to revisit our high-school foreign-language roots. The season is headlined...

“Body Politics: Maori Tattoo Today” at the Peabody Essex Museum

by Heather Bouzan | March 10, 2008
THROUGH FEBRUARY 1, 2009 Committing to a tiny star on our ankle is one thing - but facial tattooing? We're not so sure we'd be willing. For New Zealand's Maori population, however, the swirls, loops, and whirls of ta moko are a point of tribal...

“Long Life Cool White: Photographs by Moyra Davey” at the Fogg Art Museum

by Heather Bouzan | February 25, 2008
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 - MONDAY, JUNE 30 For type-A neat freaks, Moyra Davey's photographs might induce a bit of angst, as clutter and dust often take center stage. But many find beauty in the images, along with a heightened awareness of what are often...

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company at the Institute for Contemporary Art

by Heather Bouzan | February 06, 2008
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Unless we're talking The Nutcracker, it isn't easy to describe an upcoming dance performance without delving into too-technical boringness or dry observations about costuming and musical selections...

“SMFA Traveling Scholars” at the Museum of Fine Arts

by Heather Bouzan | January 28, 2008
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 - SUNDAY, MARCH 2 We can see how, as an artist, one might benefit from a change of scenery. Luckily for six talented up-and-comers, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) provides the requisite cash with its annual Traveling...

Ain't life Grand

by Heather Bouzan | January 28, 2008
It's an LA lifestyle boutique, only more approachable. It's New York City exclusive, but down home and neighborhood-friendly. Grand (374 Somerville Avenue, Somerville, 617.623.2429), the new retail addition to eclectic, up-and-coming Union Square...

DJ Spooky at the Institute of Contemporary Art

by Heather Bouzan | January 08, 2008
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 - SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 An experimental musician/composer/DJ who's also a conceptual artist and has an intellectual's way with words? Sounds like the ideal guest for the ingenious Institute of Contemporary Art (100 Northern...

"Ad | Agency" at the Photographic Resource Center

by Heather Bouzan | November 30, 2007
THROUGH JANUARY 27, 2008 Ads as art? We'll buy that. But the Photographic Resource Center (832 Comm Ave, Boston, 617.975.0600) goes one step further with "Ad | Agency," a collection of photo-based work that investigates consumerism by playing...

Fiddle me this

by Heather Bouzan | November 30, 2007
We love that the days of itchy hemp sack dresses and drab recycled goods are far behind us - that "going green" no longer means forgoing style. The aesthetic potential of eco-friendly housewares, accessories, and other knickknacks is realized...