Boston’s Masary Studios Awakens the City
In Spring/Summer 2018, I was lucky enough to get to know Masary Studios – and to write about the transformative, multidisciplinary group for Design Museum Magazine. Read the story here!
Can art improve your productivity? Why, yes. By up to 32%.
From Forbes: “Research by Exeter University’s School of Psychology found that employees who have control over the design and layout of their workspace are not only happier and healthier — they’re also up to 32% more productive.” We’re not surprised, and are quite sure that the impact of well-chosen art on our well being at home is…
Great deals on Boston cultural events!
So glad I came across this site just before April break (and so bummed about how much I spent on tickets to the very same shows just a week earlier)! ArtsBoston’s BosTix program is offering some amazing deals for theater, dance, the circus – it’s a long list of great entertainment options for all ages. Check it…
Walk in for lunch, leave with art: Markus Sebastiano at Pure Cold Press, Brookline
“I don’t typically hang my work in cafes,” says the cutting-edge Boston-based artist Markus Sebastiano, whose work was selected for an MFA Summer Party auction and can be found all over Boston, and who has worked with the W Hotel and the Lot F Gallery. “But the interior space at Pure Cold Press is ideal.” Cold-pressed juice…
An unexpected gem at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery in SoWa
Did you know that Newton Open Studios is happening this weekend, April 9-10? Neither did I (where is the advertising for these events?) – but then I ended up exploring SoWa – especially that wildly picturesque alleyway at 450 Harrison, with all the galleries and design shops (I wanted to check out Casa Design and wasn’t disappointed).…
Boston Design Week – 3 days left!
Only today and the weekend left to check out the pretty amazing lineup of events at Boston Design Week, which ends April 10th! Some ongoing highlights topping my list: AD20/21: Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries and The Boston Print Fair Mass Art’s Annual All School Show And very cool…
Kanye loved her – you will too: art appreciation, Diana Stelin-style
Boston-based artist, former Newbury Street gallery director, and founder of the Plein-Air Art Academy Diana Stelin is preparing to teach kids pop art in the spring. The Academy is also running a first-of-its-kind Pre-K/Kindergarten art contest with entries due March 31. In Mid-April, you can join the schools’ immensely popular plein-air painting event: Cherry Blossoms at Arnold Arboretum. And during ArtWeek Boston,…
45 Minutes at the MFA: High-Tech Fashion, Picasso, and a Manlift Installation?
I’ve discovered, over three decades of museum visits, that when it comes to time spent and works seen, less is often more. I used to feel guilty admitting it, but no longer. Because when I limit myself and absorb only as much as I feel I need to fuel or inspire or educate me in that moment, I find that the…
Happening right now: Live Met Stream
Wherever in the world you are right now, you can be at the Met in New York. A live stream is taking us through the galleries as the host discusses whether what it means for a work to be finished or unfinished – and invites us to ponder the question ourselves as we look at some of…
Company One’s “An Octoroon” may leave you breathless
For me, growing up in Moscow meant growing up with Alexander Pushkin – a celebrated Russian poet whose silhouette, often inscribed on book covers, is as familiar to any Russian as Shakespeare’s to any English-speaker. Thanks in part to my great-grandfather and in part to Pushkin’s enthralling epic poems, I learned to read early and,…
Pippip Ferner at Co|So on Newbury Street
Years ago, when the tiny airplane I had boarded in Denmark made its way through the clouds to descend into a proportionately tiny airport perched atop a Norwegian mountain, what immediately struck me about the landscape below – and continued to thrill throughout that and every visit – was its extraordinary depth and scale. The…
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