I went initially to hear a poetry reading at the ICA but wound up going through the new show and the standing collection on exhibit. Roni Horn The main exhibit, just about to open, is an extensive one of works by Roni Horn. It is difficult to summarize the import, or effect, of her works, […]
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
There is so much art at the MFA that it is daunting to visit it and even more daunting to write about it. The museum is undergoing a major renovation and those who have not been there in the past couple of years will find almost everything has changed. For starters, the old, once new, […]
A Single Man
Written and Directed by Tom Ford Starring: Colin Firth 2009 Kendall Square Cinema, Cambridge, MA Colin Firth’s performance in this study of homosexuality and loss set in the early 1960s is compelling and wonderful. I had not seen this range in his acting before and it is an eye-opener to get a sense of his […]
Mapparium
Christian Science World Headquarters Massachusetts Avenue, Boston Relatives were in town for the Presidents’ Day weekend and we ventured over to the Mapparium at the Christian Science World Headquarters in Boston. It’s a tourist site and one might argue that it doesn’t exactly belong in an arts diary, but, to tell the truth, I find […]
Bill Knott’s Poetry
Bill Knott, Laugh at the End of the World: Collected Comic Poems 1969-1999 (2000, Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd. ) Recovering from jet lag, I found myself up in the wee hours and decided to crack open the poetry of Boston-area-based Bill Knott. I’d read many of these poems some time ago, but it was […]