Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Innuendo is never far from Frances Stark's art.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:56PMThursday, June 9, 2016
Rembrandt's casual scratches snap into recognizability with the surprise of stage magic. But there's no trick, it's the genuine miracle of talent.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:37AMMonday, June 22, 2015
There is much to chew on here, suggesting that the PEM, by mounting the first serious Thomas Hart Benton exhibition in over 25 years, has fulfilled an overdue need.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:30PMSunday, March 8, 2015
Nothing takes center stage except the canvases by Helen Frankenthaler, which invite comparisons to every other piece in "Pretty Raw" and demolish the majority of them.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:10PMTuesday, November 11, 2014
Harvard's team of magicians have brought the Rothko murals back to life.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:55PMTuesday, November 4, 2014
With the wild array of video, digital, performance, and public artists we have here, Illuminus is a natural event for Boston to host.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:39AMMonday, October 13, 2014
Goya: Order and Disorder , is likely the most important exhibition on the New England museum calendar for a year prior or hence.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:38PMTuesday, October 7, 2014
Despite producing atmospheres reminiscent of smoke, rust, and acid, a streak of joy runs through Lester Johnson's paintings.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:53PMFriday, August 8, 2014
John Heliker, by some alchemy that frankly baffles me, is able to give an evening quality to the light in scenes that are clearly taking place during the day.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:53PMThursday, July 31, 2014
Awe-striking passages of deft realism are easy to find throughout the show. Wholly satisfying paintings, resolved from edge to edge and full of convincing purpose, are not.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:36PMFriday, June 27, 2014
Had Bay Area Figuration taken its place in the canon, we might not find ourselves in the tiresome situation we’re in at the moment.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:00PMThursday, June 5, 2014
This exhibition pits Jim Hodges' undoubtable sincerity against the stylistic requirements of post-minimalism in battles that often come to a draw.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:37AMThursday, October 24, 2013
Residences are such a prominent feature of contemporary creative life that there's an important gathering, the TransCultural Exchange's Conference on International Opportunities in the Arts,…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:04AMSunday, September 22, 2013
Even without famous Courbets, Mapping Realism presents a forceful case for the painter's might, not only in his own right but in his influence upon other artists who merit further study.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:06PMSaturday, April 27, 2013
The time is short, but the opportunity rich via these two exhibitions, to bask in the military culture of old Japan, with all of its deadly splendor.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:56AMFriday, April 5, 2013
The journey of Anders Zorn, from Swedish hamlet to the top echelon of society portraitists and back again, has a couple of messages for us. The first leg of the journey tells us that careeri…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:05AMFriday, March 29, 2013
Anyone interested in figurative art ought to rush over to Boston University's Stone Gallery before "Teaching the Body" ends this Sunday.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:10PMSaturday, November 10, 2012
The enduring aspect of Paul Klee's art is its playfulness, which bubbles up even out of this viscous curatorial treatment.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:19AMWednesday, August 29, 2012
Barry Moser's decision to illustrate, in the end, is an extension of his probity. He would have been a fine abstractionist, but he found that he was better able to make art when he exiled hi…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:32AMFriday, March 30, 2012
Even though she covers herself with demurely crossed arms, her gaze could burn holes through fabric. If it looks like the artist had a predilection for strong, bosomy girls, well, there's a …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:38AMWednesday, January 18, 2012
Arts Fuse Critic (and visual artist) Franklin Einspruch reviews "Red," a drama about Mark Rothko, and doesn't like what he sees.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:10PMTuesday, November 29, 2011
New England artist Will Barnet accomplished a triumph that defies all criticism: museums mounted a centenary retrospective of his work, and he attended it.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:31PM 
