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At the Griffin Museum, three shows and an array of photography talent

Three very different photography shows are on display at the Winchester museum.

At Harvard, glass flowers that perfect the imperfection of decay

In “Fruits in Decay,” at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, rot runs riots.

On the walls at Harvard museums, they’re calling out art’s racist and sexist history

The museums are slowly editing wall labels to reflect neglected chapters of art history.

Eric Carle Museum explores the enchanted world of children’s book master Peter Sís

A new exhibition surveys the magical, meticulous career of illustrator and children’s book master Peter Sís.

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‘The Forty Part Motet’ strikes a perfect note at the Clark Art Institute
“The Forty Part Motet,” for all its sparsity, gets under the skin of not only its audience but the space it inhabits.

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Some of the 20th century’s most famous photos are in this new MFA show
But “Viewpoints: Photographs from the Howard Greenberg Collection” offers more than just famous names and images.

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Emily Dickinson’s ‘scraps of paper’ inspire art installation at poet’s Amherst conservatory

A group of women artists strung the poet’s conservatory with colorful works, creating a “space of peace” within the Amherst museum.

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Georgia O’Keeffe’s forgotten sister, and a glimpse of what might have been

Ida O’Keeffe dwelled in her famous sister’s shadow. A new show gives a tantalizing view of a little-known talent, and a budding career that Georgia did what she could to stifle.

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Inflatable cartoon monsters feel like ‘a form of protest’ at South End’s Cyclorama

Artist Nick Cave dissected and reconstructed inflatable lawn characters for his new “Augment” installation.

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MFA takes visitors to ‘delectable’ fantasy worlds with two new exhibitions

The Museum of Fine Arts unearths a forgotten fantasy master and challenges our thinking on photography.

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At the Peabody Essex, exhibition dares museumgoers to trade iPhones for balls of clay

A simple, meditative work by South Korean artist Kimsooja feels radical in the digital age.

Mead Art Museum receives gift of more than 170 contemporary artworks

The donation includes pieces by such well-known artists as David Hockney, Mona Hatoum, Cindy Sherman, Mark Bradford, and Christian Marclay.

Boston funding seven new public art projects

Works by artists including Nick Cave, Rob Gibbs, and Victor Quinonez are among the chosen projects, which will receive a total of $75,000 to bring them to fruition.

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This Boston artist shunned the limelight. He deserves to be famous.

Hyman Bloom was admired by the Abstract Expressionists but relegated to the art-history sidelines. A powerful new show at the Museum of Fine Arts makes a case for his place in history.


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