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Shadow Visionaries: French Artists Against the Current, 1840–70
At the Clark Art Institute
By: - Nov 17th, 2025The Clark Art Institute presents an exhibition on mid-nineteenth-century French artists who looked beyond realistic subject matter. Their work encompasses the Gothic nostalgia of architectural photography, the social critique embedded in searing allegorical illustrations, and the literary connections with fantastical art. Shadow Visionaries: French Artists Against the Current, 1840–70 i
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Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. Publishes a Critical Study of American Art
Rethinking American Art: Collectors, Critics, and the Changing Canon
By: - Nov 02nd, 2025Nobody but Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. could have written such a remarkable book. Drawing on a lifetime as a curator and scholar he has provided a sweeping critical analysis of the field of American Art from Colonial times through the present. With complete authority he rampages through an intriguingly well written and argued book that pulls no punches in telling it like it is.
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The New England Experimental Art Group
Gloucester"s Cosmos Gallery
By: - Nov 17th, 2025COSMOS Gallery’s Unexpected #25 – Unwrapped will feature numerous and diverse artwork by The New England Experimental Art Group. The group is renowned for their innovative pursuit of contemporary art, with no constraints on technique or materials.
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2025 Boston Artadia Awards
Awardees: Sónia Almeida, Brittni Ann Harvey, and Sopheak Sam.
By: - Nov 06th, 2025Artadia, a non-profit grantmaking organization and nationwide community of visual artists, curators, and patrons, announces the 2025 Boston Artadia Awardees: Sónia Almeida, the Wagner Foundation Boston Artadia Award recipient; Brittni Ann Harvey; and Sopheak Sam.
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The Clark Art Institute Appoints Lara Yeager-Crasselt
Aso O. Tavitian Curator of Early Modern European Painting and Sculpture.
By: - Nov 05th, 2025The Clark Art Institute announces that Lara Yeager-Crasselt has been appointed to serve as the first Aso O. Tavitian Curator of Early Modern European Painting and Sculpture.
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Ragtime at Lincoln Center
An All Time Favorite
By: - Nov 03rd, 2025This musical, even more so than when it opened in 1998, forces us to confront some truths that we would prefer to ignore. It points out that America has not always lived up to its ideals and, in fact, has at times rejected them.
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Endgame at the Irish Arts Center
Druid Mounts a Magnificnet Production
By: - Nov 03rd, 2025The Druid theater is mounting Samuel Beckett’s Endgame at the Irish Arts Center in New York. The set is striking. It is curved like the inside of the two garbage cans sitting on the stage, covered by cloth at the start. Inside tthe actual cans are two stumps–a happily married couple, Negg and Nell, played here by Bosco Hogan and Marie Mullen (one of the founders of Druid).
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From Epic Theater to “Oh, Mary”
Cole Escola Receives the Erwin Piscator Award
By: - Nov 03rd, 2025Honored for Oh, Mary!, a hysterical, historically inaccurate Broadway hit that reimagines Mary Todd Lincoln, the 16th president’s wife, as a perpetually tipsy, attention-starved First Lady who longs to be a cabaret singer. Performed in drag by Escola (who also wrote the play.
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Parsifal
San Francisco Opera's Stellar Production
By: - Oct 30th, 2025Wagner's final opera boasts some of his most organic music and lyrics in a tale of redemption. The piece demands enormous resources of every kind, and San Francisco Opera has produced a matchless experience that excels in every way.
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Dishwasher Dialogues Brutality of Correctness
No Reservations
By: - Oct 30th, 2025Much of bartending at Chez Haynes was about words, about the conversation, the ‘craic’ as the Irish say. It was also about theatre. The place was dressed like a stage and there were people coming and going, making their entrances and exits all through the night. With just a comment thrown in here and there, suddenly there was a real entertainment.
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The Demon of the Book
By: - Oct 27th, 2025The Demon of the Book does not dissuade us from learning; on the contrary, it thrives on our love for it. It tempts us to believe that by memorizing scriptures and mastering doctrines, we have mastered the Dao itself. This barrier turns knowledge into a gilded cage.
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Acquisition and Cultural Stewardship
Non-Weestern Art Objects in American Art Museums
By: - Oct 28th, 2025Resulting from Colonialism and looting some 90% of traditional African art is not to be found in Africa. Only recently has there been an awareness of this inequity. Noah Kane-Smalls is an administrator at Williams College Art Museum with some 20 years in the field. Here with passion and precision he lays out the issues and what needs to be done.
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MFA Returns Pots to Family of Enslaved Potter
David Drake Recognized as an American Master
By: - Oct 29th, 2025The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has reached a historic agreement with the known descendants of David?Drake (also known as Dave the Potter) regarding two monumental stoneware vessels in the MFA’s collection that were made by the enslaved potter and poet. The Museum has restored ownership of both works, returning one to Drake’s family and purchasing the other back.
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Boston Public Art Triennial
Overcoming Civic Neglect
By: - Oct 16th, 2025Through the efforts of the Boston Public Art Triennial, the City of Boston’s civic life and built environment have been enhanced and strengthened. Bravo!
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Gabrielle Munter at Guggenheim Museum
First Major Exhibition in Thirty Years
By: - Oct 29th, 2025Gabriele Münter: Contours of a World will focus on her heightened Expressionist production from around 1908 to 1920, while also highlighting her later developments. The presentation will comprise some sixty paintings and nineteen of her early photographs across three galleries.
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Mario Diacono 1930-2025
Legendary Italian Born Boston Gallerist
By: - Oct 30th, 2025In every sense Marion Diacono, who died today, was truly unique and remarkable. As a gallerist he had a deep and lasting impact but few of the A list works he showed remained in Boston. Italian born with a global vision his program was light years out of reach for earth bound and generally reactionary collectors, curators and critics. While they came to look mostly collectors failed to open their wallets. There were token sales to the MFA and at that time the ICA did not collect.
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The Wisdom of Eve
The Metatheatrical Treatise on Ambition
By: - Oct 27th, 2025The theatrical version of the movie "All About Eve" differs around the edges but carries the same impact. The fading star Margo Channing faces the rise of the talented but unprincipled Eve Harrington.
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The Mountaintop by Katori Hall
Splendid Regional Production at Palm Beach Dramaworks
By: - Oct 28th, 2025To open its season, Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach is presenting a praiseworthy production of Katori Hall's moving and funny fantasia, "The Mountaintop."
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7 Millions Said: NO KINGS IN USA
2600 Protests Against Trump Administration, 10/18/25!
By: - Oct 21st, 2025It has been estimated that 7 Million people in the USA participated peacefully and joyfully in one of the more than 2.600 events in all of the USA and also around the globe! The Anti-Trump League is growing!
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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Theatre
2025–2026 Season
By: - Oct 27th, 2025This year's productions showcase a dynamic range of theatrical styles and voices, featuring contemporary works alongside student-created performances that push creative boundaries.
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Dishwasher Dialogues James Baldwin
Baby I Was Never American
By: - Oct 22nd, 2025Once I went to Leroy’s apartment to get some papers, and there in his living room, I saw ten chapters nailed to the wail, not stapled or in folders; no, he had driven a three-inch nail through the pages of each chapter as if to emphasize the brutality of that era
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Jazz in the Berkshires
Tanglewood’s Linde Center for Music and Learning
By: - Oct 24th, 2025Our friends at the Tanglewood Learning Institute are committed to presenting jazz year-round, and we’re delighted to remind our followers of three upcoming performances: Ulysses Owens, Jr., Ted Rosenthal, and Stella Cole.
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The Great Emu War,
Goodspeed’s Terris Theatre
By: - Oct 25th, 2025The title sounds weird, but it is sophisticated silliness. If you think of Monty Python or Book of Mormon, you’ll get just a hint of how delicious this show, written by Cal Silberstein and Paul Hodge, is.
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Dada Teen Musical: The Play
Central Work's Provocative World Premiere
By: - Oct 24th, 2025High achieving Anabel wants to enhance her Harvard application by creating and producing a Dada version of a popular musical for her high school's theater group. To bring it off, she calls on two unlikely collaborators - self-indulgent Tyler who has money and people resources, and gothic Mariah, who has some music cred. Radical complications ensue.
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Time at the Aurora Archive(s)
Lively Mix at Former Great Barrington Train Station
By: - Oct 24th, 2025The Great Barrington Station House has never felt this alive. Aurora Archive(s) presents “Time” as a curated experience merging art, design, and fashion into one immersive environment. Beyond the sharp mix of global fashion, avant-garde art, and niche jewelry, the transformation of the station itself adds another layer of brilliance to unpack. It's culture on culture.
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