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At the Farnsworth, a rare look at Andrew Wyeth’s forays into abstraction

The celebrated American realist’s fascinating abstract experiments lasted decades, yet are little known.

He heard America singing: A show at Harvard’s Carpenter Center celebrates Harry Smith
Remembering an artistic visionary and true one-of-a-kind.

In East Boston, Atlantic Works Gallery artists share immigration stories, community
A community day, Aug. 3, invites the East Boston community for food, music, dancing, and conversations with artists, with translators in Spanish available if needed.

At Harvard: volumes large and small, the aesthetic life of plants, volcanic eruptions

Look closely, and the pairings have tales to tell

WORKING ARTIST
French muralist Julien Colombier: ‘It’s a little like electronic music. It’s layer and layer and layer.’
The self-taught artist has painted an acrylic jungle in Revere.

Two new curatorial hires at the MFA
Carmen Hermo will hold the title of Lorraine and Alan Bressler curator of contemporary art, while Claire Howard will be Hansjörg Wyss curator of modern art.

‘It was like being in a very exciting film’: Paul McCartney describes being at the center of Beatlemania
“Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm” is a front-row seat on that film. It runs at the Brooklyn Museum through Aug. 18.

Beau McCall, a.k.a. The Button Man, blurs the lines between art, fashion, and craft
His button-centric works are now on display at Fuller Craft Museum and Childs Gallery.

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The Trump photo: clenching a fist, clinching an election?

What matters with a clenched fist isn’t the nature of the politics, per se. It’s the power of the gesture. It’s usually seen en masse, as a demonstration of solidarity. One clenched fist assumes many other clenched fists.

WORKING ARTIST

Laura Scheuerell merges memories, stories, and stuff in her evocative mixed-media work

For the artist, who has stage 4 ovarian cancer, making art helps make sense of life.

SEVEN WEEKS OF SUMMER

Five museum shows to visit during your late summer travels

Jamie Wyeth, Edgar Degas, Alan Michelson, Agustina Woodgate, and Tau Lewis.

SEVEN WEEKS OF SUMMER

The Clark Art Institute brings Guillaume Lethière’s remarkable, singular story to light

His giant paintings have hung in the Louvre for more than 100 years, but French scholars barely knew the early-19th-century artist.

ART REVIEW

When what you see is what you buy

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

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW

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.”

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW

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.

ART REVIEW

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