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Finding a niche

The DeCordova's sculpture; Judi Rotenberg's farewell
The DeCordova's sculpture; Judi Rotenberg's farewell

By: GREG COOK | June 04, 2010

Photos: Crystal Friends at the MEME Gallery

Crystal Friends at the MEME Gallery | May 28-30, 2010
The Crystal Friends, a.k.a. Dave Ortega and Ken B, showcased their art and wares at the MEME Gallery on May 28-30.

By: SCOTT LACEY | June 01, 2010

After images

Karen Finley does Jackie
Karen Finley won’t be naked, or covered in chocolate. Candied yams will not be involved. If there are neighborhood morality-watch squads in Salem, they’ll have the night off.

By: JIM SULLIVAN | May 28, 2010

The Maya and the Kennedys at the Peabody Essex
Some weeks back, I got to listen to Brown University archæology professor Stephen Houston pronounce the throaty, staccato sounds of Maya hieroglyphs carved across a six-foot-wide limestone panel.

By: GREG COOK | May 21, 2010

Slideshow: The Maya And The Mythic Sea at Peabody Essex Museum

“Fiery Pool: The Maya And The Mythic Sea,” Peabody Essex Museum through July 18
Mayan works of art at the “Fiery Pool: The Maya And The Mythic Sea,” exhibit

By: PHOENIX STAFF | May 19, 2010

Photos: Corey Grayhorse's pop-surreal dream photography at AS220

Corey Grayhorse at AS220 through May 29, 2010
Beauties, beasts, and fashionable creeps

By: COREY GRAYHORSE | May 20, 2010

Photos: 'The Kennedys' at Peabody Essex Museum

Photos of JFK, Jackie Onassis and family at the PEM through July 18
"The Kennedys” exhibit at Peabody Essex Museum, through July 18

By: RICHARD AVEDON | May 19, 2010

Slideshow: Orestes Gaulhiac at Galeria Cubana

Orestes Gaulhiac's work at Galeria Cubana from May 14 to June 27, 2010.
Works of art from Orestes Gaulhiac

By: ORESTES GAULHIA | May 14, 2010

Puppet pageants

The influential art of Jim Henson and Peter Schumann
In the beginning, there was Kermit. Not Kermit the Frog — not just yet. That would come nearly 15 years later.

By: GREG COOK | May 07, 2010

Photos: Jim Henson's Fantastic World

At the National Heritage Museum through June 27, 2010
Photos from Jim Henson's Fantastic World at the National Heritage Museum

By: PHOENIX STAFF | May 04, 2010

Slideshow: 'Triiibe' at Gallery Kayafas

''Triiibe'' exhibit, at Gallery Kayafas, April 17 until May 29, 2010
Works from "Triiibe," the first gallery exhibition by performance artists (and identical triplets) Alicia, Kelly, and Sarah Casilio and photographer Cary Wolinsky.

By: TRIIIBE | April 30, 2010

Slideshow: ''The Beast In Me - Johnny Cash''

Artworks from "The Beast In Me—Johnny Cash: Art Influenced by the Struggle of a Man" at the Nave Gallery
Artwork from "The Beast In Me—Johnny Cash: Art Influenced by the Struggle of a Man" at the Nave Gallery

By: NAVE GALLERY | April 20, 2010

Slideshow: Dr. Lakra at the ICA

Dr. Lakra at the ICA, showing through September 6, 2010
Dr. Lakra at the ICA, showing through September 6, 2010

By: PHOENIX STAFF | April 23, 2010

Cheap thrills

The inky delights of Dr. Lakra
They say Dr. Lakra got his pen name from the doctor’s bag he carried around when he first began tattooing, two decades ago. “Lakra” puns on the Spanish word “lacra,” meaning scar or blemish, but it’s also slang for “delinquent” or “scumbag.”

By: GREG COOK | April 21, 2010

High concept

‘Artadia Boston’ at the BCA, plus terracotta at the Gardner
The stars of the “Artadia Boston” exhibit at the Boston Center for the Arts’ Mills Gallery are Raúl González’s manic-Injun drawings.

By: GREG COOK | April 06, 2010

Interview and photos: Gerard Malanga

A gathering of souls
In Walt Whitman’s notebook for the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass , he writes, “Every soul has its own individual voice.” That notion rang true for photographer/poet/filmmaker Gerard Malanga as he put together “Souls,” an exhibit of 100 portraits spanning five decades.

By: KRISTEN GOODFRIEND | March 31, 2010

Joyride

The Worcester Art Museum shows us ‘Who Shot Rock & Roll’
It is May 1966, in the Prelude Club in Harlem, an Atlantic Records release party.

By: GREG COOK | March 24, 2010

The news from No Place

Saya Woolfalk and the feminist 'heretics'
Saya Woolfalk first grabbed people's attention around 2005, with playful-serious installations and videos in which performers masked in bright, patchwork fabric costumes of cartoon leaves and long swinging dreadlocks jumped around small rooms decorated like cartoon paradises.

By: GREG COOK | March 10, 2010