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Arts This Week: The Rose Art Museum Reopens At Brandeis University
Jared Bowen takes us through the reopening of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University and speaks with the artist behind the new Chinatown mural “Where We Belong.” -
Arts This Week: Mural Makers Team Up To Create Large Scale Public Art In Boston
This week, Jared Bowen speaks with the artists behind a new mural project in Boston and visits the new exhibition, “Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech” at the Institute of Contemporary Art. -
Picasso Kept In Maine House Closet For 50 Years Is Sold
AMESBURY, Mass. (AP) — A mixed-media painting attributed to Pablo Picasso has been sold after spending 50 years in a closet in a house in Maine.John… -
Arts This Week: Titans of American Art On View As The Addison Turns 90
This week, Jared Bowen brings us through the Addison Gallery’s 90th anniversary exhibition in Andover. Plus, Dawoud Bey and Alice Neel showings in Manhattan. -
Arts This Week: Images Make Music At A Seaport Photography Exhibition
This week, Jared Bowen brings us an outdoor photography exhibition in the Seaport District. Plus, a celebration of queer identity with “Alice in Rainbowland” and an operatic new miniseries from Boston Lyric Opera. -
Arts This Week: 'ChekhovOS' Brings 'The Cherry Orchard' Into The 21st Century
This week, Jared Bowen discusses an exhibition of art from the women of Twenty-One in Truro. Plus, a review of a new, virtual production from Arlekin Players Theatre. -
Arts This Week: 'Abstraction From The Arab World' And 'A Woman Of The World'
This week, Jared Bowen brings us “Abstraction from the Arab World” at the McMullen Museum of Art and “A Woman of the World” presented virtually by Merrimack Repertory Theatre. -
Arts This Week: MassArt X SoWa, 'Black Beans Project' And Karl Stevens
This week, Jared Bowen tours a new gallery in Boston’s South End, reviews a world premiere play and explores the work of graphic novelist Karl Stevens. -
Arts This Week: Sonya Clark, 'TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever' and 'Crip Camp'
GBH Arts Editor Jared Bowen takes us through two exhibitions of artist Sonya Clark’s work at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Plus, reviews of “TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever” and the Oscar-nominated film “Crip Camp.” -
Arts This Week: Mel Kendrick And Frontline Songs
Jared Bowen takes us through a retrospective of the work of Mel Kendrick and shares a new track from Frontline Songs.
