Visual Arts: Going Beyond the Skin »

“Under the Skin: Tattoos in Japanese Prints” displays some of the most intricate manifestations of tattoos in woodblock prints, leaving the viewer curious about its footprints in contemporary art and popular culture.
By Yumi Araki
Under the Skin: Tattoos in Japanese Prints is showing at the Museum of Fine Arts through January 2, 2011.
As a cultural prelude [...]

Coming Attractions in Jazz: August 2010 »

By J. R. Carroll
Vacation time? Not for the musicians of New England. An amazing amount of live music this month, not a little of it free and open to the public.
Photo by Denise Sullivan
Treme trombonist and vocalist Glen David Andrews bridges gospel and New Orleans jazz at Johnny D’s in Somerville, MA at 9 p.m. [...]

Coming Attractions at Museums: May 2010 »

By Peter Walsh
Sowers United at the Museum of Fine Arts
Despite the Romantic Era notion that great art is always original, artists have always borrowed (or “reimagined” or stolen) each other’s ideas. Modern copyright lawyers would have had a field day with van Gogh’s various Sowers—blatant rip-offs (or “homages” if you prefer) of Millet’s iconic painting [...]

Coming Attractions at Museums: February 2010 »

By Peter Walsh
Luis Meléndez: Master of the Spanish Still Life, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA through May 9.
Locked into a low-status, unprofitable niche, talented Spanish still-life painter Luis Meléndez (1716–1780) made little money and achieved even less fame during his lifetime. He is said to have complained to the king, who never honored him [...]

Coming Attractions in Film: February 2010 »

By Justin Marble

Feb. 5-9, Recent Raves at the Brattle: Left out of the film talk at your last dinner party? Here’s your chance to get caught up. The Brattle is hosting a week of some of the best films of 2009, sponsored by the Boston Society of Film Critics. Harder to find titles like “Fantastic [...]

Coming Attractions at Museums: October 2009 »

By Peter Walsh
A Tomb Gets its Time
Forget Indiana Jones. Archaeology is not about the obvious. Case in point: the Museum of Fine Arts’ exhibition, The Secrets of Tomb 10A, opening October 18.
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