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ART REVIEW
‘Punchline II’ is an exhibition meant to embrace the absurdity of an absurd world
Serious times call for a little goofiness and absurdity.
VISUAL ARTS REVIEW | MURRAY WHYTE
From Gloucester with love: Rothko, Avery, and Gottlieb’s summer bond shines at the Cape Ann Museum
The Cape Ann Museum has returned after a year and a half of renovation. If you want to start with a bang, this is tough to beat.
ART REVIEW
At the MFA, the past and present converge in a fractious moment
The museum rejected federal support for its new 18th-century American galleries. They tell a story the current administration may not like.
At the Griffin: Can crowbars be atmospheric?
A range of shows at the Winchester museum offers an even greater range of photographic approaches
The Cape Ann Museum starts a new chapter Tuesday
The Gloucester institution reopens after 20 months, with a major exhibition and a very successful fund-raising campaign.
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW
With ‘Where’s Boston? Fifty Years Later,’ the Athenaeum looks at a city looking at itself.
Constantine Manos’s photographs of Boston were shown at the city’s Bicentennial pavilion starting in 1975. A half century later, they still radiate life.
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK | MURRAY WHYTE
Trump is pushing his 250th vision of America. Boston’s MFA and ICA are pushing back.
Institutions including Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and Institute of Contemporary Art refused grants that required compliance with federal anti-DEI initiatives.
David Hockney, iconic British artist known for his colorful landscapes and pool scenes, has died
Hockney was a well-known figure in the swinging British and American art scenes of the 1960s, even before he reached the age of 30.