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PBS Summer Arts

Go Inside 'The Barnes Collection'


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Follow the late Dr. Albert Barnes’ remarkable rise from Philadelphia’s working-class to the top of the modern art world.

Friday, 9pm on WGBH 2
Fine Art

PBS Features Islamic Art


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Travel to nine countries and across 1,400 years of cultural history to explore the astonishing artistic and architectural riches of Islam. Susan Sarandon narrates this film that shedslight on the shared histories of western and Islamic societies.  Watch a preview:

Friday, 9pm on WGBH2
Fine Art

Art In A Neon Cage: Welcome To The Havana Biennial



By Nick Miroff
Every other year, Cuba's artists get a chance to show their wares to the world. The historic hulk of Havana's La Cabana fortress makes for an art gallery like no other — and provides a home for one of the most important art events in Latin America.
Live Performances

Jared Bowen's Arts Ahead: Considering the Future


By Jared Bowen
Consider a vision for peace during the Civil War, having the courage to sponsor art that fits with your vision of legacy, or a bold look at the dystopia that could grow out of violence. Jared talks about some of the fresh takes coming to theater, gallery and film.
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

A Tour of Roxbury's "Living Legends"


MORE FROM BASIC BLACK
By Talia Whyte
WGBH's Basic Black looks at the contributions Roxbury women have made to Boston's history. Meet Susan Thompson, a local artist whose work hangs in the Roxbury Crossing MBTA station.
Fine Art

Figuring Color at the ICA


By Jared Bowen
The Institute of Contemporary Art is awash in lush color, thanks to artists Kathy Butterly, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roy McMakin, Sue Williams.
Modern

Jared Bowen's Arts Ahead: New, Bold and Beautiful


By Jared Bowen
Premiere performances, bold comedy and daring exhibitions prove Boston's art scene is to be taken seriously.
Fine Art

Jared Bowen's Arts Ahead: Something for Everyone


By Jared Bowen
From contemporary sculpture to knitting bombers, ballet to Sondheim theater, or even an afternoon of Broadway love songs, Bostonians will find something appealing this weekend.
Social Issues

In Lowell, A Successful Art Space Expands


By Ibby Caputo
After five years of running a successful artists' studio space in Lowell, a developer is back for the next round: 50 units in a converted factory next door — and this time, the artists can live there as well as work.
Fine Art

The Best of Contemporary Art: The deCordova Biennial


By Jared Bowen
The best of New England contemporary art on display for the 2012 Biennial.
WGBH Local News

Rosenstock: Hymn to the Earth


By WGBH News
WGBH's Bob Seay went to the Worcester Art Museum to talk with photographer Ron Rosenstock about his new show and his life's work.
Greater Boston

Man Ray And Lee Miller At The Peabody Essex Museum


MORE GREATER BOSTON
By Jared Bowen
On view at the Peabody Essex Museum right now are scenes from an affair both torrid and tempestuous. When artist Man Ray met model Lee Miller, they fell madly in love and produced some of the twentieth century's most celebrated works.
Visual Art

Art For The People



By Bridgit Brown
Fern Cunningham has a mission and it is to sculpt the story of her people. Back in 1999, when the city of Boston unveiled the Harriet Tubman Memorial that it commissioned her to create; she made a point to punctuate the fact that the monument told the story of the liberated, and not the liberator.
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Brandeis Art Museum Will Keep Famed Collection Intact

By Phillip Martin
Brandeis University's Rose Art Museum threatened in 2009 to begin auctioning its prized 20th century artworks. But as part of a lawsuit settlement, the administration has now pledged to keep the collection in place and open to the public.
WHERE WE LIVE: CHELSEA

Chelsea Art Walk Celebrates A Rebounding City

By Bob Seay
WGBH's Bob Seay goes on a preview tour of Chelsea's third annual Art Walk, which brings artists and citizens together to celebrate their rebounding city. WGBH'S WHERE WE LIVE
Art & Design

A 'Floating' Expansion For The Gardner


NEW WING, NEW HEIGHTS FOR THE MFA
By Jared Bowen
The Museum of Fine Arts isn’t the only Boston museum with a major expansion. Just across the park from the MFA, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has been building its own extension. The opening is about a year away, but Jared Bowen was allowed in for first television tour.
CNE Journal

Music and Art: Paternosto & Ginastera


By Cathy Fuller
Two Latin American Modernists, inspired by the Art of the Americas wing at the Museum of Fine Arts.
CNE Journal

Music and Art: Stella and Diamond


By Cathy Fuller
Bursts of energy from the early 1940's for the eyes and ears, inspired by the Art of the Americas wing of the Museum of Fine Arts.
Arts

Center Stage


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Watch Center Stage with Jared Bowen, and see what other fans of the program are saying.
The Daily Dish

Essen! Jewish Food in the New World kicks off Sunday

By Cathy Huyghe

Western Massachusetts has its share of attractions, both natural and cultural. A fair bit of the cultural attractions are facilitated by an organization called Museums10, a consortium of galleries and museums ranging from the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art to the Smith College Museum of Art.

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Museums10 - Table for 10

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