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ART REVIEW
Drowning in ‘Immersive’ Van Gogh
Whatever the digital experience, it has little to do with art, history, or anything other than spectacle.
Out of focus: ‘Devour the Land’ at Harvard Art Museums looks at military impact on American soil through a blurred lens
The show also touches upon racism, economic inequality, climate change, immigration, and incarceration.
ART REVIEW
Marla McLeod tells a story with every stitch in ‘We the People (Our Love Will See Us Through)’ at Brandeis
“Garments are a representation of the self,” McLeod said. “Looking at Black history, I wanted an image of the self, the Black body, that was of pride.”
ART REVIEW
Walker Evans close up: Portland Museum of Art shows ‘American Photographs’ as they were meant to be seen
In this era of grinding uncertainty, maybe there’s solace in seeing the hardship Evans captured — even if it’s only to know that, eventually, it ended.
ART
Faith Wilding, foremother of feminist art, draws on activist history in new shows at Brown, Tufts universities
Tears can be alchemical. They open into vulnerability; they rupture propriety. Wilding’s work is like that, full of trauma and growth.
MUSIC
Guerilla Opera’s ‘ELLIS’ tells immigrants’ stories
For over six decades, millions of immigrants passed through Ellis Island. For two nights only, Guerilla Opera will explore some of their stories.
VISUAL ARTS
From Instagram to the MFA, pint-size Shelter in Place shines a light on big issues
ICA Foster Prize winner Eben Haines started a Lilliputian gallery for local artists that’s become a commentary on affordability and who gets to take up space.
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW
At the Griffin Museum: Illusions and internal landscapes
A look at exhibits at the Griffin Museum of Photography by Lou Jones, Zachary P. Stevens, Rhonda Lashley Lopez, and Dylan Everett. Jones's show runs through Oct. 1. The three other shows run through Oct. 24.