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In the hands of Meléndez, food comes to life
Luis Meléndez's mesmerizing still lifes — on display at the Museum of Fine Arts — have a hothouse intensity that turns visual truth into a kind of glittering mirage.
- Video Sebastian Smee reviews the exhibition at the MFA
- Photos 'Luis Meléndez: Master of the Spanish Still Life'
- Devra First Art that looks good enough to eat
- Party Lines: Photos by Bill Brett (Boston Globe)
- TOMORROW ‘Frame by Frame: Animated at Harvard’ at Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts (Boston Globe)
- Critic's picks - visual arts (Boston Globe)
- Winter Arts Guide | Visual Arts No embarrassment for Riches in a mother-son art show (By Cate McQuaid, Globe Correspondent)
- Globe North Arts Wenham Museum offers exhibit on paper art (By Wendy Killeen, Boston Globe)
- First Person Up in the air (By Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe)
- Architecture Construction sites reconstructed by an artist (By Robert Campbell, Globe Correspondent)
- G FORCE | THEODORE CROSS Theodore Cross’s passion is for the birds (By Alex Beam, Globe Staff)
- Art Review In the hands of Meléndez, food comes to life (By Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff)
- Things to do ‘Fabular Films and Faces’ exhibition in Cambridge (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- BOOK REVIEW Review of ‘Pop: The Genius of Andy Warhol’ by Tony Scherman and David Dalton (By Chuck Leddy, Globe Correspondent)
- Art that looks good enough to eat (By Devra First, Globe Staff)
- G FORCE | RON CAMPBELL Cartoonist Ron Campbell’s work aboard the ‘Yellow Submarine’ (By Irene Muniz, Globe Correspondent)
- Photography Review Real - and unreal - views of animals at Griffin Museum of Photography (By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff)
- Arts: the week ahead (Boston Globe)
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum unveiled plans for an ambitious $118m expansion.
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DeCordova Biennial
While previous surveys of contemporary New England art at the DeCordova have felt safe, this year's show is wild and wide-ranging.
Theater
‘Lion King’ cast members courted across continents
Sihle Ngema and Portia Magwaza wed after a backstage courtship that unfurled across hundreds of performances.
Visual Arts
No embarrassment for Riches in a mother-son art show
After turning 40, Ellen Rich began pursuing art, while her son Matthew – with whom she's sharing a show at Simmons College – began creating at age 7.
Dance
Black Grace troupe reflects years of fusion and change
The Black Grace troupe stands out among New Zealand dance companies with its blend of Pacific and contemporary dance.
Performing Arts
- Things to do Diane Paulus takes center stage (Boston Globe)
- STAGE REVIEW In ‘Compulsion,’ a Frank discussion with a lot of talk (By Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff)
- Things to do Groovaloo performs in Worcester tonight (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- TOMORROW ‘Disney’s Beauty and the Beast’ in Providence tomorrow (Boston Globe)
- Winter Arts Guide | Dance Black Grace Dance Company bringing Pacific-contemporary fusion to Celebrity Series (By Karen Campbell, Globe Correspondent)
- Dance critic’s picks (By Karen Campbell, Globe Staff)
- Winter Arts Guide | Theater ‘Lion King’ cast members courted across continents (By Joel Brown, Globe Correspondent)
- Theater critic’s picks (By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)
- STAGE REVIEW A showstopping singer gives new ‘Dreamgirls’ plenty of soul (By Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff)
- Critic’s picks: theater (By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)
- Stages From the headlines and beyond: ‘Machinal’ (By Joel Brown, Globe Correspondent)
- TOMORROW Flamenco Festival at Boston Opera House Friday (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- TODAY "Stairs to the Roof'' at Agassiz Theater (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- Globe West Arts Brookline High stages West End hit ‘Blood Brothers’ (By Denise Taylor, Globe Correspondent)
- Arts: the week ahead (Boston Globe)
- Opera Review BLO leaves home with Britten’s ‘Turn of the Screw’ (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
- Things to do ‘Intergalactic Transfer Students’ at Calderwood Pavilion (Boston Globe)
- Things to do ‘La Rondine’ from Boston Conservatory Opera Program (Boston Globe)
- Things to do ‘The Turn of the Screw’ at the Castle (Boston Globe)
- Things to do ‘Dreamgirls’ at the Colonial Theatre (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- STAGE REVIEW Wheelock Family Theatre’s ‘Honk’ is a real charmer (By Terry Byrne, Globe Correspondent)
- HEALTH AT A GLANCE Movement to aid Parkinson's patients (Boston Globe)
- Stage Review Bread & Puppet’s imagery packs political punch (By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)
- Theater critic’s picks (By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)
- Musical’s rags-to-riches story hits home for ‘Dreamgirls’ stars (By Christopher Wallenberg, Globe Correspondent)
- Rocio Molina makes the art of flamenco her own (By Valerie Gladstone, Globe Correspondent)
- Visual arts critic’s picks (By Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff)
- Downfall of Enron is reimagined on British stage (By Warwick Thompson, Bloomberg News)
- Dance Review ‘Mozart Dances’ captures music’s playfulness (By Karen Campbell, Globe Correspondent)
- Two veterans of ‘Shear Madness’ debut on Broadway (By Christopher Wallenberg, Globe Correspondent)
From the wires
- A vengeful `Venus in Fur' works her stage magic (AP, 1/27/10)
- Good ol' boys talk of life, love, a lunar eclipse (AP, 1/27/10)
- A photog grapples with recording the events of war (AP, 1/28/10)
- Good ol' boys talk of life, love, a lunar eclipse (AP, 1/28/10)
- Dancers with Oscar dreams audition for big show (AP, 1/28/10)
- A singing 'American Psycho' planned for the stage (AP, 2/2/10)
- Members of Russia's Bolshoi to perform in Cuba (AP, 2/7/10)
- Hollywood stars vie for London theater awards (AP, 2/8/10)