Arts Aug 11 Iranian artist’s surrealist work explores restrictions on women and immigrants As a young woman in Iran, and later as an immigrant to the U.S., artist Arghavan Khosravi has been subjected to many restrictions. But on the canvas, she renders it all through fanciful and magical layers. Jared Bowen of GBH…
Arts Jul 28 A printmaking workshop inspires artists to push boundaries The 50-year-old Brandywine Workshop and Archives in Philadelphia draws in artists, both unknown and very well-known, to push boundaries by producing limited edition prints. It's also an opportunity to get their work into major museum collections like the Harvard Art…
Arts Jul 15 Napoleon Jones-Henderson’s new exhibit shows his unflagging spirit and artistic prowess Artist Napoleon Jones-Henderson has been working with textiles and other media for more than 50 years, and his spirit and artistic prowess are now on display at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. Special correspondent Jared Bowen of GBH…
Arts May 12 ‘Philip Guston Now’ portrays art of controversial and confrontational painter Two years ago, four museums were set to present a retrospective of painter Philip Guston. But then, in one of the biggest controversies to hit the art world in the last few years, it all imploded. Now, the show has…
Arts May 02 Exhibit chronicles the career of a South African activist fighting for trans visibility Sir Zanele Muholi has been documenting queer and trans people in South Africa for decades with the aim of celebrating life, joy and the beauty of the community. An exhibit at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston that focuses…
Arts Apr 27 Painter Christopher Volpe connects environmental conditions to our historic, literary past The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts is hosting the new exhibit "Loomings," inspired by the title of the first chapter of "Moby-Dick." Painter Christopher Volpe has created works prompted by the novel that take on an apocalyptic tone, with…