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W.E.B. Du Bois showed us the power of data viz more than a century ago

The Great Barrington-born thinker created a set of gorgeous graphics for the 1900 Paris Exposition.

Epiphany school celebrates Rep. John Lewis with new mural

Artist and teacher Ryan Jones painted at night in the school basement to complete his tribute to the late civil rights leader

Erin Shirreff pulls Modernist sculpture from the dustbins of history

“Remainders," at the Clark Art Institute, recalls the over-photographed works of the mid-20th century.

Around Boston, a tide of art to comfort and calm

In traumatic times, these creatives are drawn to themes like breath, joy, and care.

MURRAY WHYTE
Folk art gets a proper pedestal at the MFA
With a new show, the museum reconsiders its own record on an underappreciated genre.

ART REVIEW
Photos teem with energy and athletes at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery
Pelle Cass constructed his “Crowded Fields” images from single shots taken at college sports events.

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Abelardo Morell keeps sharing ‘tricks the camera can do’

The photographer's new "Vessels" series has a lot in common with his camera obscura pictures.

MURRAY WHYTE

With music in your ears, Sol LeWitt becomes a whole new experience for the eyes

Composer and artist Jason Moran has created a sound installation specifically for LeWitt works at Mass MoCA.

ARTS

At Gallery Kayafas, two artists build on family memories

Audrey Goldstein and Robert Knight trace how time shifts and transmutes all we hold dear.

COMFORT ZONE

Walking through Gloucester with some of history’s greatest artists

Cape Ann Museum offers a series of tours that explore the city's rich history as a creative magnet.

PILGRIMAGE

A deeper look at Edward Mitchell Bannister, the Black painter who changed Providence

The 19th-century artist's excellence should not be eclipsed by his biography.

MURRAY WHYTE

At the Addison, Yoko Ono invites you to look and please touch

The artist's classic "Mend Piece" builds upon the messy business of living.

MUSEUMS

A reporter sketches his ‘Toxic Youth’ working in a New Hampshire factory

The University of New Hampshire Museum of Art draws on Dana Jennings's experience at Kingston Steel Drum, now a Superfund hazardous waste site.

ART REVIEW

Gathering strength with Georgie Friedman’s ‘Hurricane Lost’

An installation at Emerson Contemporary's Media Art Gallery faces the inevitability of climate change.