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A Bonanza at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art

27 March 2012 - 1:00am | superuser
by Shirley Moskow

The Institute of Contemporary Art on Boston’ waterfront is an ambitious museum and, so far, its reach has not exceeded its grasp. Case in point, the two exhibitions installed within weeks of each other, plus a showing of new acquisitions. It’s a bonanza for museum goers.

Figuring Color opened in February and will be on view through May 20. The paintings and works on paper by German artist Charline von Heyl will be around until July 15.

Interview: Gabrilla Ballard-Thakore to Play Sept. 10th Peña Rebelde at e5

5 September 2011 - 8:47pm | superuser
by Simon Rios

Come share your energies at the 5th monthly Peña Rebelde at the encuentro 5 movement space on September 10th at 7 p.m., a gathering of souls in verse and rebellion. Gabrilla Ballard-Thakore, a recent transplant to Boston from New Orleans, will share her singer-songwriter creations. Gabrilla's music, an imaginative hybrid of her musical inspirations--from Bob Marley to Nina Simone - will delve into where she comes from and where she's going, not only as a musician, but as an activist and mother.

Interview: Ernesto Eroc" Arroyo to Play 8/13 Peña Rebelde"

23 July 2011 - 4:28pm | elektrodread
by elektrodread

Ernesto “Eroc” Arroyo is a Boston emcee, one of the city’s key revolutionary rappers and “jipjoperos.” Eroc will be featured August 13th for the Peña Rebelde, a musical/poetical gathering taking place the 2nd Saturday of each month.

A key to the peña is a recognition of our roots as artists. Mesa Sin Fronteras interviewed Eroc to discuss his politics, and the history of his involvement in music. Visit encuentro5.org for more info on the Peña Rebelde and how to get involved.

Watch "A Fire in My Belly" on OMB and at ICA Boston, Then Protest Smithsonian Censorship

16 December 2010 - 10:36pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

In November, according to Wikipedia and the mainstream media, G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, removed David Wojnarowicz's short silent film "A Fire in My Belly" from the exhibit "Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture" at the National Portrait Gallery. The move came after some bleats of protest from the Catholic League, right-wing talk radio, and the ironically named Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio).

“Art for All” Tracks Modern Posters

5 August 2010 - 12:00am | superuser
by Shirley Moskow

“Art for All, British Posters for Transport,” the exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT is aptly named. Certainly, posters are the most democratic form of art. Plastered on walls in public places, they’re available to everyone, as is the Yale Center for British Art, which charges no admission.

Posters are decorative eye-candy. And this is one sweet show. But posters are also a powerful economic, social and political tool. The image is the message. Its appeal is basic. It can be understood quickly and by anyone.

Through the Virtual Looking Glass" Brings Online Art to UMass Boston's Harbor Gallery"

12 April 2010 - 5:18pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

An exciting international multimedia art show opened in the U.S. last Wednesday at the UMass Boston Harbor Gallery, and I headed over to take some photos - since, fair disclosure, I'm part of the Caerleon Sims/Virtual Art Initiative group staging the event (although I have no work on display). According to lead organizer Prof.

Boston: African Art in Focus

16 February 2010 - 5:00am | superuser
by Shirley Moskow

For more than a century, African art has challenged the western imagination. How and why does an embroidered apron, for example, made in the 1970s by an unidentified, young South African woman, merit a place in a world-class museum? The answer may be found in “Object, Image, Collector: African and Oceanic Art in Focus,” the fascinating exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, through July 18. The exhibition traces the evolution of African artifacts from object to art.


Kandinsky and Kindness in New York City

14 December 2009 - 12:00am | jpramas
by Shirley Moskow

They were meant to be together so when I learned that the Guggenheim Museum was celebrating the 50th anniversary of its landmark building with an in-depth retrospective of the Russian avant-garde artist Wasilly Kandinsky, I knew I had to go.

“The Angel in The Architecture,” trumpeted The New York Times headline for the review of the Guggenheim show, which runs through January 10. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the building especially for the museum’s founding collection of Kandinsky’s non-objective work.

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