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Visual Art

Paul Klee: Philosophical Vision: From Nature to Art



By Kris Wilton
“Art does not reproduce the visible but makes visible.” If the Impressionists aimed to change how we look at the natural world, Klee wanted us to look into it.

McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College
Visual Art

Dorothy and Herb Go to RISD



By Kris Wilton
A postal clerk and librarian, the Vogels spent five decades befriending and collecting the work of dozens of artists, ultimately building one of the most significant troves of contemporary art in the world.
Film

Film Review: Ai Weiwei, The Gentle Revolutionary



By Kris Wilton
Gentle and soft-spoken, the man many call Teacher speaks eloquently in Klayman’s film, describing himself, as among other things, a chess player: “My opponents make a move, I make a move.” In the recent, best-known part of his career, the line between these moves and his art is unclear.
Theater

Barrington Stage Company: Musical Theater Incubator



By Kris Wilton
“It’s an opportunity to get to know composers’ work early in their careers and really to help them,” says Julianne Boyd, BSC’s founder and artistic director. “Bill Finn is a marvelous mentor. He tells these young writers they can do it.”
Music

Music: Boston Landmarks Orchestra Aims For 20/20 Musical Vision



By Kris Wilton
“By the year 2020,” music director Christopher Wilkins writes on the orchestra’s site, the BLO “will provide all residents of Boston’s 20 diverse neighborhoods opportunities to be involved in its programs both at the Hatch Shell and in the neighborhoods.”
Music

Summer Arts Weekend: Sharon Shannon Brings Cool Celtic Accordion to Boston



By Kris Wilton
Shannon’s known for her wide-ranging collaborations with both Irish and non-Irish folk including Bono, Sinead O’Connor, Jackson Browne, John Prine, Steve Earle, The Chieftains, The Waterboys, Willie Nelson, Nigel Kennedy, Alison Krauss, and Shane MacGowan.
Music

Summer Arts Weekend: Alison Balsom on Spine-Tingling Performances



By Kris Wilton
The classical trumpeter talks about boring classical performances, imagining herself as a musical instrument, and how finding Dizzy Gillespie as a seven year old made all the difference.
Music

Summer Arts Weekend: A Conversation with Sierra Hull


By Kris Wilton
Sierra Hull has been shaking up the bluegrass establishment for years, having released her first album, Secrets, with Rounder Records in 2008, when she was just 15.
Theater

Review: Jack Ferver's Two Alike at the ICA



By Kris Wilton
A dark exploration of growing up gay, Two Alike is a collaboration between Jack Ferver and the sculptor Mark Swanson, who designed a mirror-backed set reminiscent of the audition stage in A Chorus Line.
Visual Art

WGBHArts Goes West to Explore... Canada at MASS MoCA


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By Kris Wilton
WGBHArts explores the marquis exhibition at MASS MoCA: “Oh, Canada,” a survey of Canadian art.
Film

Jacob's Pillow Comes East



By Kris Wilton
Never Stand Still, Ron Honsa’s documentary about Jacob’s Pillow, on view at the MFA July 5–11, works well as a dance film largely because it focuses not solely on dance but also on the stories behind the place and the people who’ve made it what it is.
Dance

Go Inside Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival


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By Kris Wilton
Every weekend at Jacob's Pillow highlights a renowned dance company — it’s almost impossible to have a bad experience. Get the highlights from WGBHArts.
Visual Art

Strong Impressions



By Kris Wilton
This tidy little show of just 23 objects and two videos does a great job of demystifying Jasper Johns, printmaking techniques, and the extensive, but often imperceptible thought behind his very complex, very viewable works.
Film

Lost Bohemia is Found at MFA Screening


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By Kris Wilton
Lost Bohemia shows how for decades Carnegie Hall housed more than 150 similarly obsessive creative spirits in a complex of thoughtfully designed artist studios, serving as an incubator for some of the nation’s most treasured cultural output.
Visual Art

Provincetown Views at ACME Fine Art



By Kris Wilton
It’s “such an ambitious show for us,” says David Cowan, director of ACME Fine Art, of Provincetown Views, on display through June 23.
Dance

Dance For World Community: It's What Moves Us



By Kris Wilton
Sometimes scrappy, sometimes studious, the offerings were a wonderful reminder that “the arts” aren’t just something to experience in stately museums and theaters, but rather are happening all around us all the time.
Visual Art

The Flash Forward Festival



By Kris Wilton
The Flash Forward Festival has breezed into town for its second year, bringing a welcome jolt of fresh imagery, thinking, and faces to Battery Wharf.
Visual Art

Exhibit: "Living Treasures of North Carolina Craft"



By Kris Wilton
The 50-some ceramics, baskets, vases, and other assorted useful objects in “Living Treasures of North Carolina Craft,” on view at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton through August 5, 2012, are as much vessels for thinking about American culture as examples of handiwork.

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Kris Wilton

By Kris Wilton
Kris is a freelance arts journalist who has contributed reported pieces and reviews to outlets including the Huffington Post, Slate.com, Artinfo.com, Modern Painters, Art+Auction, Art New England, New England Home, Entertainment Weekly, the Village Voice, Bostonist.com, ARTnews, Philadelphia Weekly, Emerging Photographer, Photo District News, and RL Magazine.

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