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The MFA's complicated history with censoring queer desire pervades new exhibit
Barely a trace of queer erotica remains on display in the galleries, despite the museum’s rich holdings. -
Arts This Week: Exploring wartime history through theater and song this Christmas
History lives again through a staging, a virtual showing and an MFA exhibit. -
Arts This Week: Exploring spaces real and imagined
Jared Bowen recommends a two-person exhibition of tapestries, visits a survey of one of today's singular photographers and explores an open air museum featuring 75 large-scale murals. -
Arts This Week: The Story Of America Told Through Quilting
Plus, a stage play that follows a woman accused of witchcraft, and an immersive opera experience. -
Fabric Of A Nation: Quilting Is Finally Being Recognized As Fine Art
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has a new exhibition that shines the spotlight on quilting. -
Arts This Week: A Modern Perspective On Salem’s Brutal History
Jared Bowen recommends the Peabody Essex Museum’s contemporary look at the Salem With Trials featuring work by fashion designer Alexander McQueen, and a retrospective of Cuban artist Mariano Rodríguez. -
Arts This Week: A New Look At Frida Kahlo’s Groundbreaking Work
Jared Bowen explores Frida Kahlo’s legacy, as well as an exhibit that traces the cultural and historical impact of hair. -
Arts This Week: Titian’s Masterpieces Reunite In Boston After 400 Years Apart
Plus, the ceramicist who’s upending the art form by melding it with graffiti. -
'Museum Town’ Documents How MASS MoCA Revitalized An Old Mill Town
"It’s complicated to weave a contemporary art culture into a blue-collar town," says director Jennifer Trainer. -
Arts This Week: Escape The Heat Safely And Reimagine Maritime Art
Here's what to know about mask and vaccination policies at local museums, as Jared reviews “In American Waters” at the Peabody Essex. Then, actor Gabriel Byrne's new memoir “Walking with Ghosts.”
