Museums
A Museum’s Hidden Curiosities
"We don’t want people touching, but we can’t do a whole lot about that,” says Adam J. Aja, smiling.
Art in the 21st Century
During his lecture "Tales from the Object Lab: Narrative for the 21st-Century Museum" on Tuesday, Ethan Lasser, curator of The Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee, features three recent exhibitions from the Chipstone Foundation Object Lab.
Sackler Illuminates Forgotten Photography
A new exhibit at the Sackler Museum showcases the photography of Lyonel Feininger, best known as an Expressionist painter.
Lifting the Fogg
Since 2008, The Harvard Art Museums have been undergoing renovations, and the Fogg—the most expansive of the museums—has been off-limits to visitors.
Objects of Desire
Curators do oversee the finer points of their exhibits but their role encompasses much more.
Wiyohpiyata
"Wiyohpiyata: Lakota Images of the Contested West", an exhibit at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, has "wowapi oowa okicize owicoran" on display. These are sketchbooks of wartime events, which stand as records of achievements that determined a man's place in the community.
Boston Public Library Offering Passes to Local Attractions
For poor college students looking for another way to save money and have fun in Boston for free, the library probably isn’t the first place they’d think to go. It should be.
ArtisTalk: Laurie Simmons
Harvard professor Robin Kelsey interviews photographer Laurie Simmons about her use of dolls and lighting. Simmon's visit to Harvard was a part of the Spring ArtisTalk series at the Sackler Museum.
