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Art needs to be seen. I believe a work of art becomes truly complete when a viewer is part of the equation. Without someone observing the artist’s…
Issue: Art for This Moment
In 1866, when Mary Cassatt was 22 years old, she made a life-defining choice. Unsatisfied with the depth of opportunities afforded to women studying…
Issue: Art for This Moment
The first time I ever visited the Museum of Fine Arts, I was only a few weeks into my first semester of college. I was new to Boston and more…
Issue: Art for This Moment
Eddie Chambers is an art historian and critic and the David Bruton Jr. Centennial Professor in Art History at the University of Texas at Austin. He…
Dell Marie Hamilton (b. 1971) is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and independent curator. Born in New York City and raised in Boston, she has…
When “5+1” took place in 1969, Adger Cowans was a successful young Black photographer and a dear friend of participating artist Daniel LaRue Johnson…
My love for art has always been informed by an interest in how people across time think, feel, celebrate, grieve, and love. I view art as the tangible…
Issue: Art for This Moment
Frank Bowling’s work as an artist, critic, and curator has found new life in the present moment. He has always been a profound and enigmatic artist…
Frank Bowling moved to the United States in the mid-1960s, during a particularly tumultuous and pivotal moment in the country’s history. His art…
Upon settling in New York City in 1966, Frank Bowling became passionate about modernism and what he called “pure abstraction.” He explored it in his…