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CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Have camera, will travel
The photographic road trip has a long and happy high-mileage tradition.
ART REVIEW
A fertile ground for artists in Fall River
‘HYPERBALLADS’ is the first show in GATHER’s Ignition Space featuring artists from the Portuguese diaspora.
In Collecting 101, UMass Amherst students learn inner workings of museum acquisition
The class recently took a field trip to Boston to visit Newbury Street art galleries and the ICA’s permanent collection.
The Boston Tea Party turns 250
An exhibition at the Massachusetts Historical Society looks back at one of the most celebrated protests in American history.
Crystalle Lacouture centers loss and care at Praise Shadows Art Gallery
The artist’s show "Evenings’s Evening" offers sacred geometry that feels like a salve.
Art Review
At the ICA, a vital view into the Boston art scene
Cicely Carew, Venetia Dale, and Yu-Wen Wu are the 2023 winners of the ICA's Foster Prize.
MUSEUMS
Institute of Contemporary Art director Jill Medvedow to retire
The museum’s longtime leader will step down at the end of 2024.
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW
The joys of juxtaposition
That informs much of the work and how it’s displayed in the Photographic Resource Center’s "For a Moment: Images from the Boston Photo League."