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Bruce Myren, "Black Lives Matter, Robert Frost Trail," 2020

The PRC pops up at CambridgeSide

The shopping mall hosts a photo exhibition that explores the back-and-forth between nature and humankind.

5 art-school grads to watch for 2021

These up-and-coming artists are united by themes of identity and subjectivity.

MFA widens the angle on women photographers

A new installation distills a 20th-century sea change for artists and the art form.

Where landscapes cool into abstraction

Jonathan Smith turns his camera toward Iceland to capture minimalist compositions and a spare palette.

Jessica May at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum on Tuesday. In a brand-new role, she will lead art and exhibitions at the museum and all other Trustees properties.
At the deCordova, new leadership marks a new chapter in Trustees merger
In a brand-new role, Jessica May will direct art and exhibitions at the deCordova and all Trustees properties.

A view of the campus of the Snow Farm Craft School in Williamsburg.
‘A great antidote to the sadness’ at Snow Farm craft school
The school, in Western Mass., is a magnet for students of all ages — and the inspiration for a Fuller Craft Museum exhibition

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MURRAY WHYTE
The artist resurrects the Confederate flag of truce with "Monumental Cloth: The Flag We Should Know."

Artist Sonya Clark weaves a corrective to the story of the Confederacy

The Confederate Flag of Truce is resurrected for a show at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum.

"Certain Things Might Happen" by Will Pappenheimer.

It’s good timing for augmented reality

Will Pappenheimer’s ‘Home Remedies for Lucid Dreaming’ is at Alpha Gallery.

Actors perform scripts created from Revolutionary-era depositions and interviews, including testimonials from white women.

With a gallery revamp, Concord Museum summons forgotten voices of 1775

The Battle of Lexington and Concord is reframed to include the contributions of white women and people of color.

MURRAY WHYTE
Glenn Kaino was photographed this month with "In the Light of a Shadow" at Mass MoCA, an installation that unites protest movements from Selma, Ala., to Derry, Northern Ireland.

At Mass MoCA, Glenn Kaino builds a bridge between Bloody Sundays

In the vast darkness of Building 5, “In the Light of a Shadow” unites protest movements from Selma, Ala., to Derry, Northern Ireland.

ART
YoAhn Han’s "Light of Recovery."

At Chase Young Gallery, an alchemist with paper and paint

YoAhn Han's layered mixed-media works are built with colorful swirls and technical wizardry.

ART
Michael C. Thorpe, 27, an art quilter and former basketball star at Emerson College and Newton North, now featured in a Dove soap commercial.

He was an MVP basketball player. Now his star is rising as an art quilter

Michael C. Thorpe’s work is selling fast in an exhibition at Boston's LaiSun Keane gallery.

COMFORT ZONE
Dominican artist Firelei Báez based her work on the ruins of a Haitian royal palace.

ICA Watershed to return with massive installation built to evoke Caribbean ruins

Dominican artist Firelei Báez based her work on the ruins of a Haitian royal palace.

WELLNESS
Open to anybody feeling overwhelmed, Chelvanaya Gabriel's Creative Dialogue Series focuses on recovery through nonverbal expression.

Artist creates a space for healing on Zoom: ‘You’re stepping into resilience just by showing up’

Open to anybody feeling overwhelmed, Chelvanaya Gabriel's Creative Dialogue Series focuses on recovery through nonverbal expression.