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When what you see is what you buy

At the Met, ‘The Real Thing’ looks at product photography.

At the Gardner, two photo shows celebrate LGBTQ community from the West Village to Boston and beyond
Museum pairs Mark Seliger’s portraits of transgender people on Christopher Street with “Portraits From Boston, With Love.”

At the Griffin Museum, the jury is in; distressed photographs; fun with photo books
The museum’s 30th annual Members’ Juried Exhibition includes work from 61 photographers.

MFA’s first exhibition of Salvador Dali unveils his hidden depths

Scorned by his Surrealists peers for his pursuit of fame, the artist's heft finally comes to light

VISUAL ART REVIEW
In New York, Devlin puts on a show; acquired tastes; dictionaries verbal and visual
We check out several shows at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York.

WORKING ARTIST
Laura Petrovich-Cheney is stitching the revolution one scrap of wood — yes, wood — at a time
The artist repurposes and patchworks old wood into new creations.

Mystic Seaport Museum set for major expansion
The Mystic Seaport Museum is embarking on a $15 million renovation to turn a portion of the historic Rossie Mill into the Wells Boat Hall, a new exhibition space to showcase its American Watercraft Collection.

WORKING ARTIST
Patrick Shearn’s ‘Skynet’ takes flight at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston
Shearn was a creature maker in Hollywood before elevating his art, literally, at Burning Man.

More Visual Arts Headlines

MFA director Matthew Teitelbaum announces retirement after decade-long tenure amid social and cultural change

"These are challenging times, but my God, people need more museums, more than they ever have," says Teitelbaum, who will leave in August 2025.

ART REVIEW

An artist’s ordinary day, in extraordinary woodblock prints

LaToya M. Hobbs’s massive works, on display at Harvard Art Museums, depict a day in her family’s life.

VISUAL ARTS REVIEW

Some different looks for a most famous book — that book being ‘Moby-Dick’

That book being "Moby-Dick," the subject of "Draw Me Ishmael," at PEM.

WORKING ARTIST

Here’s the story behind New Bedford’s 20-foot-tall ‘Plastic Rooster’ made of trash

Bordalo has traveled the world, from Bora Bora to Montreal, painting and building gaudy, charismatic animal sculptures out of waste materials.

Sarah Ganz Blythe to lead Harvard Art Museums

Ganz Blythe, who currently serves as deputy director of exhibitions, education, and programs at the RISD Museum, will take over as director of the Harvard museums Aug. 12.

Fruitlands Museum to reopen its galleries with three exhibitions focused on Native American Art

‘This is an opportunity to teach and to learn and to grow,’ says Tess Lukey, associate curator of Native American Art at the Trustees of Reservations.

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW

A ‘Meadow’ in the Fenway and a ‘Glacier’ in Kenmore Square

Photos shows from Barbara Bosworth and Alex Joseph Hansen offer contrasting views of the natural world.

WORKING ARTIST

Photographer turns subjects into life-sized ‘American Girl’ dolls, with an Indigenous twist

Given historic power dynamics in the representation of Native people, collaboration is essential.