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Laura Petrovich-Cheney is stitching the revolution one scrap of wood — yes, wood — at a time

The artist repurposes and patchworks old wood into new creations.

Mystic Seaport Museum set for major expansion
The Mystic Seaport Museum is embarking on a $15 million renovation to turn a portion of the historic Rossie Mill into the Wells Boat Hall, a new exhibition space to showcase its American Watercraft Collection.

Patrick Shearn’s ‘Skynet’ takes flight at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston
Shearn was a creature maker in Hollywood before elevating his art, literally, at Burning Man.

MFA director Matthew Teitelbaum announces retirement after decade-long tenure amid social and cultural change

"These are challenging times, but my God, people need more museums, more than they ever have," says Teitelbaum, who will leave in August 2025.

ART REVIEW
An artist’s ordinary day, in extraordinary woodblock prints
LaToya M. Hobbs’s massive works, on display at Harvard Art Museums, depict a day in her family’s life.

VISUAL ARTS REVIEW
Some different looks for a most famous book — that book being ‘Moby-Dick’
That book being "Moby-Dick," the subject of "Draw Me Ishmael," at PEM.

WORKING ARTIST
Here’s the story behind New Bedford’s 20-foot-tall ‘Plastic Rooster’ made of trash
Bordalo has traveled the world, from Bora Bora to Montreal, painting and building gaudy, charismatic animal sculptures out of waste materials.

Sarah Ganz Blythe to lead Harvard Art Museums
Ganz Blythe, who currently serves as deputy director of exhibitions, education, and programs at the RISD Museum, will take over as director of the Harvard museums Aug. 12.

More Visual Arts Headlines

Fruitlands Museum to reopen its galleries with three exhibitions focused on Native American Art

‘This is an opportunity to teach and to learn and to grow,’ says Tess Lukey, associate curator of Native American Art at the Trustees of Reservations.

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW

A ‘Meadow’ in the Fenway and a ‘Glacier’ in Kenmore Square

Photos shows from Barbara Bosworth and Alex Joseph Hansen offer contrasting views of the natural world.

WORKING ARTIST

Photographer turns subjects into life-sized ‘American Girl’ dolls, with an Indigenous twist

Given historic power dynamics in the representation of Native people, collaboration is essential.

Dig up your dirt — for a new sculpture coming to the Greenway

Titled "Going to Ground," the sculpture by LaRissa Rogers will forefront soil as a material that holds "histories of liberation, of trauma, of everything. . . . It’s kind of this living archive."

Critic's Notebook

At last at the MFA, an answer to the ‘Appeal to the Great Spirit’ problem

The museum's solution starts with Mohawk artist Alan Michelson, a Boston native.

‘It’s torn our community apart’: Rift deepens over Portland Museum of Art expansion plan

Is the multimillion-dollar “landmark for the future” at odds with protecting Portland’s historic downtown? That’s the question at the heart of a contentious debate in Maine’s largest city.

Berkshire Museum plans major renovation

The project, which follows a controversial sale of artwork, will expand the museum’s aquarium and reimagine its galleries.

WORKING ARTIST

‘Indigo is my calling card,’ says Roxbury artist Ifé Franklin

This month, her public art installation ‘The Resurrection of Mark, Phillis, & Phebe’ opens in Charlestown Navy Yard.