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Wendy Artin: Translating Marble onto Paper
September 17, 2012
THE PARTHENON FRIEZES. WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS by WENDY ARTIN. At Gurari Collections, 460 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA. Through January 1, 2012. Mastery and Beauty. Interesting art is everywhere these days–heartbreaking art, art that changes the way we look at the world. Concern with beauty, though, is rare. Utter mastery is rare. This exhibition is a breathtaking […]
Flowers as the Work Table for the Imagination
August 11, 2012
GLOBAL FLORA: BOTANICAL IMAGERY AND EXPLORATION The Davis Museum at Wellesley College October 19, 2011 – January 15, 2012 What is it with flowers, anyway? This beautifully curated exhibition links the history of botanical imagery with early adventurers and with contemporary effects of globalization. What is it with gardens? When we go to the ends […]
Emotion, Time, and Eros
June 5, 2012
Emotion, Time, and Eros in the Work of Damon Lehrer and Rick Berry. Comparing Rick Berry’s energetic and sometimes frenzied canvasses with Damon Lehrer’s exquisitely rendered and contemplative work made me wonder about the expressionist style in general. By this I mean that artistic terrain where the passions, vehemence, or ferocity of the artist so […]
The Strange Beauty of Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge
June 4, 2012
The Strange Beauty of Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge. On exhibition at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of the Harvard Art Museums Fall, 2011. Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe examines how celebrated Northern Renaissance artists contributed to the scientific investigations of the 16th century. The exhibition and its […]
Hinging between Worlds
April 3, 2012
Hinging between Worlds: The Cenote Series: Paintings by Anne Leone at the Dedee Shattuck Gallery. This gallery opened in 2011 in Westport, Massachusetts. It is a transcendent space with stunning exhibitions. From the outside, it looks like a cross between a Quaker meeting house and a lookout tower–a lighthouse, perhaps, or the house of a local sea […]
Grace Dane Mazur 
October 3, 2012
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