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Rebecca J. Levitan

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Form and Forum

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Due to the regulations governing the appearance of Cambridge’s buildings, artists who make public art operate with increased material and conceptual subtlety.


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‘Let Me In’ Welcomes American Viewers

By Rebecca J. Levitan  • 

"Let Me In" seems like a cartoon version of something real, adding an extra helping of blood and pretty Hollywood actresses to what might be the quietest vampire movie ever made.


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Lelic’s ‘Cuts’ Relies on Tired Tropes

By Rebecca J. Levitan  • 

Lelic’s plotline centers on a school shooting in which Mr. Szajkowski—a teacher who everyone agrees was always strange—walks into a school assembly and opens fire on students and teachers alike.


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'Happiness' Without Substance

By Rebecca J. Levitan  • 

Middle-aged women are supposed to love Alice Munro almost as much as they love yogurt.


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Wodiczko Installation Plays Veterans’ Stories at Full Volume

By Rebecca J. Levitan  • 

Polish artist has biggest impact when he makes subtle gestures with art


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Gentlement Broncos

By Rebecca J. Levitan  • 

Ah, the pains of adolescence. You live with your dorky mom, who aspires to make clothing out of beach towels ...


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Meme Inspired from Mundane, but Home to Edgy Work

By Rebecca J. Levitan  • 

The problem with performance art is that it rarely leaves a physically lasting imprint. A phenomenon that graces street corners,


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Pulitzer Committee Honors Alumnus

By Rebecca J. Levitan  • 

Holland Cotter ’70, an art critic for the New York Times, received the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism on Monday


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Uzodinma C. Iweala '04

By Rebecca J. Levitan  • 

Jamaica Kincaid sees writing as an “accompaniment” to the rest of one’s life. “You can do anything and still be


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At ICA Event, Spalding Gray has ‘Stories Left to Tell’

By Rebecca J. Levitan  • 

With the aid of a notebook, a microphone, and a glass of water, Spalding Gray became famous by exposing his

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