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TARO SHINODA
In 2007, after flying from his home in Tokyo, Taro Shinoda arrived at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum around midnight. Looking up at the moon through the museum’s glass ceiling, he was inspired by...
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TROLLEY TROLLOP: I HAZ CULTURE NAO
I’ve never been one to complain (Oh, what’s that? What’s that noise you’re hearing? Oh, that’s just my husband laughing hysterically in the background) but holy CRAP is it cold outside. I mean, like...
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PHANTASMA: VICTORIA MORTON
Victoria Morton is one of the rare artists able to garner success in two mediums without formal training in either. Rarer still, she was able to display both for the public opening of the Isabella...
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DIG PICKS: WEDNESDAY 8.28.13 – WEDNESDAY 9.4.13
WEDNESDAY 8.28.13 ZEDD @ HOUSE OF BLUES [15 Lansdowne St., Boston. 7pm/18+/$25-$45. @Zedd. houseofblues.com] THURSDAY 8.29.13 SIRMA W/ LILLIA BETZ + GOSSAMER @ ICA HARBORWALK SOUNDS [100 Northern Ave.,...
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DIG PICKS: WEDNESDAY 2.26.14 – 3.5.14
WEDNESDAY 2.26.14 LOVE + LOSS + LAMINATING MY ROMANTIC HISTORY @ OBERON [2 Arrow St., Cambridge. 7pm/21+/$15. americanrepertorytheater.org] FILMMAKERS IN PERSON THE SINGULARITY AT BRATTLE THEATRE [40...
View ArticleLA OR BUST
Investigators may never locate the Gardner paintings, but Governor Baker might be able to retrieve this missing sculpture for Mass with a phone call
View ArticleLA OR BUST
Investigators may never locate the Gardner paintings, but Governor Baker might be able to retrieve this missing sculpture for Mass with a phone call
View ArticleQ&A WITH ‘ART OF THE CON’ AUTHOR ANTHONY M. AMORE: FAKES, FRAUDS, AND FORGERIES
I consider myself an investigator first, and I like to think I am an old-fashioned sleuth because my mentors have been retired agents and detectives who put emphasis on expending shoe-leather
View ArticleART-Y HANGS: REAP THE CULTURAL BOUNTY IN TOWN WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK
Whether you’re new to Boston or you’ve just returned for another semester, students—and young people in general—are eligible for some of the best deals in the city.
View ArticleBEAUTIFUL EXIT: OUTGOING ISABELLA GARDNER MUSEUM DIRECTOR REFLECTS BACK
In her first six months on the job, two thieves dressed as police officers entered the museum and stole over $500 million worth of art in the now infamous Isabella Gardner Museum heist.
View ArticleDIG THIS: MEAT STACKS, BEER & CIDER FEST, AND THE MASSACHUSETTS INDEPENDENT...
Lots to see, eat, drink, and do here this week folks
View ArticleAS IF BY LIGHTNING: CARLO CRIVELLI
Crivelli’s first US exhibition, courtesy of the Gardner Museum
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DIG THIS: 5.4 MILLION AND COUNTING STITCH IN, CANNIBAL CORPSE, AND CA$H FOR...
THU 2.18 Cannibal Corpse @ Paradise Rock Club “Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as...
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DEAR READER: 4/21/2016
DEAR READER, The politics of legal weed in Massachusetts have become unbearably stupid over the last week. Almost like the stereotypical stoner in a heated debate, they’ve meandered in and out of...
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THE MYSTERY OF CHEZ TORTONI
Four empty frames have hung on the walls of the Dutch Room on the second floor of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum since the infamous, still-unsolved heist 26 years ago. They serve as a...
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DIG THIS: RECORD FAIR, THIRD THURSDAYS, AND IN THE BODY OF THE WORLD
THU 5.19 Third Thursdays @ Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Shadows are spooky. They’re like drunken silhouettes of our inner selves and magnify our insecurities and shit. They can also play nice with...
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MY RESOLUTION: TO RECOVER THE BUST THAT WAS STOLEN FROM MASS AND IS SITTING...
I have one hell of a story to share whenever I meet an art aficionado or collector at a party. The short version goes like this: When I was working as a staff reporter for the Boston Phoenix around...
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FIVE QUESTIONS WITH PHONTE
From Foreign Exchange student to teacher and Little Brother to big sibling I was taken aback to see that the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is hosting a discussion in which Phonte Coleman, along...
View ArticleART-Y HANGS: REAP THE CULTURAL BOUNTY IN TOWN WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK
Whether you’re new to Boston or you’ve just returned for another semester, students—and young people in general—are eligible for some of the best deals in the city.
View ArticleBEAUTIFUL EXIT: OUTGOING ISABELLA GARDNER MUSEUM DIRECTOR REFLECTS BACK
In her first six months on the job, two thieves dressed as police officers entered the museum and stole over $500 million worth of art in the now infamous Isabella Gardner Museum heist.
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