David Hockney

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Modern times

Does Jen Mergel's appointment mean that the MFA is getting serious about contemporary art?
Does Jen Mergel's appointment mean that the MFA is getting serious about contemporary art?
By GREG COOK | January 06, 2010

No accidents

Jon Imber knows just what he’s doing
There is nothing inherently emotionally expressive about paint being loosely smooshed around on a canvas.
By KEN GREENLEAF | August 27, 2008

Peabody rising

Bold leadership and an ambitious curatorial vision have vaulted the Peabody Essex Museum into a spot among the country’s best
Could the Peabody Essex Museum be the Boston area’s most exciting art museum right now?
By GREG COOK | July 23, 2008

Greatest hits

RISD shows off its new and renovated galleries
The RISD Museum continues its top to bottom renovation and expansion.
By GREG COOK | June 04, 2008

Rhyme schemes

Some 'Poetry Month' bon-bons
In honor of poetry month, these books have been plucked from the torrent.
By WILLIAM CORBETT | April 10, 2007

Bodies and souls

A year in art
Preserved flayed corpses at the Museum of Science, Americans in Paris at the Museum of Fine Arts, underground art at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, beavers at Mass College of Art — it was that kind of year, capped off by the arrival of the new Institute of Contemporary Art.
By JEFFREY GANTZ | December 19, 2006

Glower power

The films of Peter Whitehead at the HFA
It’s a mysterious career. To Whitehead’s credit, it’s not a career in the normal sense at all.
By A.S. HAMRAH | September 06, 2006

Portrait of the artist - side 1

By | February 23, 2006

Portrait of the artist

Face to face with David Hockney
This is a charming, crowd-pleasing blockbuster show. Sourpuss hipsters may enjoy it anyway.
By GREG COOK | February 22, 2006

Splashy

David Hockney at the MFA, CAA in Boston, and Jaune Quick-To-See Smith and Ric Haynes
David Hockney has been kind of a rock star in contemporary art history, a flamboyant figure originally fêted for his pioneering use of the cool, magazine-style imagery that was identified with early Pop Art, as well as for his exuberant lust for life.
By RANDI HOPKINS | January 28, 2010

Who Gets To Call It Art?

Rating: 3 stars
The life of the Met's first curator provides a window to the emergence of American art, from Abstract Expressionism to Pop.
By JON GARELICK | February 02, 2006