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Nancy Holt locates the cosmos

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Holt is part explorer, part surveyor, part hippie/New Age dreamer. And this thorough survey of her art from 1966 to '80 shows her finding her way to becoming one of the pioneers of the "Land Art" or "Earthworks" movement.
By GREG COOK | February 14, 2012

A throwback to the bombshell

Pretty Pictures
"Is this really my life?" LuLu Locks asks. "I'm waking up this morning to go play Barbie dress-up with grown women?"
By PHILIP EIL | January 18, 2012

Domestic life viewed by 17 Maine photogs

Still tales
In the theater of Maine photography, the winter exhibit assembled at the Portland Public Library might be thought of as a kitchen drama — a show that tells the rich tales of the many and diverse voices of Maine domestic living — and it deserves to be seen by all who can afford to.
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | January 11, 2012

Photos: Give Up the Ghost at the Wonderland Ballroom

Give Up the Ghost | Wonderland Ballroom | December 29, 2011
Give Up the Ghost/American Nightmare reunite for two gigs after almost eight years -- with their first show ravaging a hearty crowd at Revere's Wonderland Ballroom on December 29.
By MIKE JOHNSON | December 30, 2011

Photos: Solstice Circus welcome winter at Plough & Stars

Solstice Circus | Plough & Stars | December 22, 2011
Solstice Circus celebrated this year's winter solstice at Plough & Stars in Cambridge on December 22, 2011.
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | December 30, 2011

A box, a picture, and a life revealed

Portraits
Several years ago, photographer Scott Indermaur came up with a novel way to connect with his subjects: give them each a wooden box — six inches square and four inches deep — and ask them to fill it with objects that represent their beliefs.
By AMY LITTLEFIELD | November 09, 2011

Photos: 'My Last Supper: The Next Course'

Melanie Dunea's, My Last Supper: The Next Course | Reading at the Harvard Bookstore, November 16th, 7pm.
Melanie Dunea's portraits of David Chang, Masaharu Morimoto, Marco Pierre White, and more.
By MELANIE DUNEA | November 16, 2011

Statewide exhibit series winds down; are photos next up?

Drawing conclusions
The fall months of 2011 have much to share for contemporary art lovers.
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | September 14, 2011

Taking a global view at Salt

The plight of the worker
In the 1930s, the New Deal-era Farm Security Administration compiled arguably the most influential photo dossier in American history, enlisting nationally prominent photographers like Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans to capture scenes of rural poverty during the Great Depression.
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | September 07, 2011

The dashing pirate of Providence

Urban swashbuckler
Casey Dorman of Providence was walking to work on the stone wharfs of Rockport, Massachusetts one day this summer when he crossed paths with Johnny Depp, fresh off another box-office conquest as Captain Jack Sparrow in the latest of the Pirates of the Caribbean series.
By MALCOLM BURNLEY | August 31, 2011

Graduate programs in visual design teach more than just software skills

Designing a future
For me it was important to go back to school because while I had a BA in communication arts, I did not have the design history and foundation necessary to create designs that communicate effectively.
By BRITTANY KEARNAN | August 05, 2011

Nation-building in Egyptian museums

Unreliable past + imperfect present
Jason Larkin's photographs taken in 2008-2009 inside Egyptian museums have gained an aura of premonition in light of the country's recent turmoil.
By BRITTA KONAU | August 03, 2011

Slideshow: Alexander McQueen's ''Savage Beauty'' exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art | Through August 7, 2011
Photos of Alexander McQueen's ''Savage Beauty'' exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, through August 7, 2011, in connection with Thomas Page McBee's review of the exhibit .
By PHOENIX STAFF | July 27, 2011

Nikki Sixx faces his doppelgangers

Still shouting
Nikki Sixx remains a live wire when onstage with LA dirtbags Mötley Crüe.
By MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | July 18, 2011

We Like Bikes

There has never been a better time or place to be a cyclist
I Love My Bike, a book of street photography by Matthew Finkle, with text by Brittain Sullivan, has captured the imaginations of people in far-flung lands.
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | June 15, 2011

Photos: Best.Summer.Ever.

Photographer Mike Pecci and crew shot an inspired collection of photos to accompany The Boston Phoenix Summer Guide.
Photographer Mike Pecci and crew shot an inspired collection of photos to accompany The Boston Phoenix Summer Guide.
By MIKE PECCI | June 13, 2011

Review: ''New Mythologies'' at Candita Clayton Studio

Prickly pop art
Two years ago I wrote that someone needs to put together a big local survey of Xander Marro's art. As far as I can tell it still hasn't happened.
By GREG COOK | May 03, 2011

Review: Mark Marchesi's ''Slack Water'' at the SPACE Gallery

Meandering around Portland’s gritty waterfront
In his exhibition "Slack Water," Mark Marchesi wisely doesn't overindulge. Instead, he uses brilliant, energetic photographs to tell the story of the present-day Portland waterfront.
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | April 27, 2011

Touring the PMA's Biennial

The Phoenix's art writers discuss the pros and cons of the year's biggest show
The Portland Museum of Art 2011 Biennial features 65 works from 47 artists in an effort to showcase the best from today's local art scene.
By ANNIE LARMON AND NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | April 13, 2011

Cambridge author Caleb Neelon traces graffiti's hidden history

It was written
'TAKI 183' SPAWNS PEN PALS, announced the headline in the July 21, 1971, New York Times .
By GREG COOK | April 04, 2011

Slideshow: ''Stan VanDerBeek: The Culture Intercom'' at the MIT List Visual Arts Center

Stan VanDerBeek | MIT List Visual Arts Center | Through April 3
Images from ''Stan VanDerBeek: The Culture Intercom'' at the MIT List Visual Arts Center.
By STAN VANDERBEEK | March 24, 2011

The proto-web utopian consciousness of Stan VanDerBeek

Psychadelic, man!
In April 1966, sheriff's deputies were hiding in bushes, peering into a mansion that had been turned into a headquarters and commune for LSD guru Timothy Leary and his pals at Millbrook, New York.
By GREG COOK | March 24, 2011

Review: Monogamy

Pseudo-vérité voyeurism
Dana Adam Shapiro ( Murderball ) does a decent job on this entry into the canon of movies about voyeurism.
By PETER KEOUGH | March 25, 2011

Clif Garboden, 1948-2011

Clif Garboden, who spent virtually all of his professional career affiliated with the Boston Phoenix , died last week. He was 62.
By PETER KADZIS | February 17, 2011

Mirrors and reflection at the ICA at MECA

The real + the imaginary
It was long before Lacan that the mirror metaphor became the foundation of Western subjectivity.
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | February 01, 2011

Scott Alario, Angela Ruo, and David Wojnarowicz at AS220

Realism and rituals
Two years ago, when his daughter Elska was born, Scott Alario of Providence began making her the star of a series of photos he calls Our Fable . "I wanted to tell her stories. I wanted to pass something down to her," he says. "It's my attempt to build a folk tale for my daughter."
By GREG COOK | January 18, 2011

Slideshow: Fresh Ink at the MFA, Neal Rantoul at Panopticon

By PHOENIX STAFF | December 15, 2010

Review: Waste Land

A socially-conscious humanizing of trash collectors
Vik Muniz, a well-regarded Brazilian artist living in New York, is a socially conscious individual, and his photography-based œuvre celebrates the forgotten poor of Central and South America, with much of the profits being returned to the impoverished subjects of his artistry.
By GERALD PEARY | February 24, 2011

A Lynda Benglis retrospective at the RISD Museum

Manufactured surprises
When you talk about the art of Lynda Benglis, there's just no avoiding the giant dildo photo.
By GREG COOK | October 27, 2010

Art review: Four word-based artists at Whitney Art Works

Text messaging
Adriane Herman recategorizes our most ephemeral and disposable documents as relevant cultural artifacts.
By ANNIE LARMON | October 20, 2010