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D. ROBERT Okada

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Timely Details?

The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston is showing a fascinating and disturbing new photography exhibit--one whose poignancy and


MetaArt: Constructing Self-Criticism

“Overstocked: under.consumption,” a student photography and sculpture exhibit at Mather House’s Three Columns Gallery, engages an interesting discussion about food,


Harvard Acquires Vidal Manuscripts and Letters

After nearly two years of negotiation with author and intellectual Gore Vidal, Harvard has acquired nearly 230 cubic feet of


GSE Prof. to Chair MacArthur Board

Fisher Professor of Education Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot was named Chair of the Board of the MacArthur Foundation last week. Lightfoot will


Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Generally, when a Hollywood studio feels excited or even lukewarm about an upcoming release, they give the film a screening


Conceptual Art for Dummies

Visual art is a self-contradicting enterprise, a delicious and complex can of worms: it is, on the one hand, about


Timely Details?

The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston is showing a fascinating and disturbing new photography exhibit--one whose poignancy and


Found in Translation

David Ferry can translate poetry from more languages than most of us could ever hope to learn, and his versatility


Out of Mind, Out of Sight

Some band’s musical identities are entirely bound up in a single, sometimes peripheral, instrument, sound or refrain. This is, in