New exhibit chronicles work of late painter Barkley Hendricks and his use of the camera
Barkley L. Hendricks was a contemporary American painter who made pioneering contributions to Black portraiture and conceptualism. Special correspondent Jared Bowen of GBH Boston takes us to an exhibit of his work at Brandeis University’s Rose Art Museum, and shows…
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Young playwrights use the theater to confront the trauma of gun violence
In 2021, more than 1,500 children and teenagers in the United States were killed by gunfire. Activists across the country are working to shed light on that issue through a series of plays written and performed by young adults, many…
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‘Philip Guston Now’ portrays art of controversial and confrontational painter
Two years ago, four museums were set to present a retrospective of painter Philip Guston. But then, in one of the biggest controversies to hit the art world in the last few years, it all imploded. Now, the show has…
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Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Brief But Spectacular take on writing and memory
As long as he can remember, author Viet Thanh Nguyen has been interested in how stories about his home country of Vietnam are told in America. In his own works, including the Pulitzer-winning novel “The Sympathizer,” he centers on the…
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Exhibit chronicles the career of a South African activist fighting for trans visibility
Sir Zanele Muholi has been documenting queer and trans people in South Africa for decades with the aim of celebrating life, joy and the beauty of the community. An exhibit at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston that focuses…
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New novel imagines how memories can be accessed and reviewed by ourselves and others
A new novel imagines a world in which our memories can be accessed and reviewed by ourselves and by others. Jeffrey Brown talks to Pulitzer-Prize winning author Jennifer Egan about her latest work of fiction as part of our arts…
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Painter Christopher Volpe connects environmental conditions to our historic, literary past
The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts is hosting the new exhibit “Loomings,” inspired by the title of the first chapter of “Moby-Dick.” Painter Christopher Volpe has created works prompted by the novel that take on an apocalyptic tone, with…
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There are still ‘so many’ Asian stories yet to be told, entertainment advocate says
Michelle Sugihara is the executive director at the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) and has long been a champion for Asian representation both on and off the screen. As part of our arts and culture series, CANVAS, Sugihara…
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