MOODBOARD | JULY 26TH AM
My darling, there’s a place for us. Can we go before I turn to dust?
visual arts
GEMS & STONES
A new gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts underscores the impact of jewelry as a means of expression.
EVA HESSE COMES TO THE ICA
The twisting, melting, drooping and writhing of Eva Hesse’s work has always enraptured me. Eva Hesse had merely one solo show during her lifetime, yet since her untimely death at just 34 years old has had dozens of posthumous solo exhibitions worldwide. She was a key player in the post-minimal art movement of the 60s, …
Q&A WITH YVONNE MARKOWITZ
You probably already know that the Museum of Fine Arts has opened the first gallery in the United States dedicated exclusively to jewelry. What you may not know is that the MFA was also the first museum to dedicate a curatorship to jewerly, as well. I caught up with Yvonne Markowitz, the Rita J. Kaplan and …
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | JULY 18, 2011
I’ll admit it: I’m starting to really like living in New England.
PARTY TIL YOUR T33TH FALL OUT
It may not yet be a mainstream music movement, but Boston is birthing its own personal brand of Witch house. Aren’t familiar the with genre or the artist? I sat down with one the major players in the movement, the mysterious Xavier Gath of GL▲SS †33†H, to discuss the origins of the genre, his recently released CDR, and why …
MARKET REVIEW | TAUBA AUERBACH [2,3] POP-UP BOOK
New York based artist Tauba Auerbach has created an oversized Pop-Up book featuring six die-cut paper sculptures that fold out into gorgeous geometric shapes. A book continuing Auerbach’s examination of the flux between 2d and 3d, each sculpture was hand-designed by the artist, reaching heights up to 18”. This book is a continuation of Auerbach’s …
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PHAEDRA BRUCATO: How ‘Abstraction, Figuration, Criticality’ Changed Her Life, and other Pub Tales
At 23, Phaedra Brucato is one precocious artist-in-training. She’s made a home, if a temporary one, at the School of Museum of Fine Arts, and in the Q&A that follows Brucato not only elucidates her love of abstractionism, but also opens up about being a West Coast transplant, her Catholic school upbringing, the myriad stresses of finishing her graduate …
SMFA, BOSTON: SENIOR THESIS SHOW 2011
As yet another school year comes to a close, the School of Museum of Fine Arts is hosting its fourth annual Senior Thesis Show, featuring the works of 46 artists, at 230 Fenway, Boston, MA 02115. The exhibition is open to the public for viewing from now until May 31, 2011, Mon-Sat 12-7pm. For more information, visit http://www.smfa.edu, …
CAVERSHAM PRESS EXHIBITION COMES TO BU
Boston University’s School of Visual Arts invited South Africa’s Caversham Press for an exhibition, highlighting works from the press’ numerous local and international artists, artists-in-training, writers and educators. The show is on display until March 27 at the 808 Gallery (808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston), and is free and open to the public. The work, both sorrowful …