From @malcolmgay: The University of New Hampshire has permanently closed the Museum of Art on its Durham campus, a casualty of declining enrollment and budget cuts.
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.@BryanMarquard with a moving tribute to the Master Blaster, RIP, who gave us an unparalleled look at the early days of rock in Boston https://t.co/2qcPRfvSJ9 via @BostonGlobe
Eight decades later, the painting that Adolf Hitler wanted for his personal museum is on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, its provenance finally revealed by an intense research effort by a persistent curator. https://t.co/phuiyqQxAW
Scholars in R.I. found a stained-glass window from the 1800's depicting Jesus with dark skin.
Some believe it could be the first work of its kind to depict Christ as a person of color — as he almost certainly was.
@malcolmgay sheds light on @NESN and https://t.co/jD2aIrhQyy.
In 1857, an enslaved potter in South Carolina’s Old Edgefield district carved a brief poem into a pot he’d turned in the mid-August heat.
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“It’s almost like he sent out a message through a pot, and it came back all these years later,” said the researcher who identified the family. “It all connected.”https://t.co/ezXemuKAog via @BostonGlobe
When freezing pipes recently burst at the MFA, security guards quickly protected masterpieces from pouring water. The guards are now in increasingly bitter union talks with the museum, which wants to transfer their employment to an outside firm https://t.co/kKRKkDzkFV @malcolmgay
Not usually a fan of Q&A's, but here's an exception: Come for the terrific new album, stay for the tale of Duchamp and urination: https://t.co/nk5ojkDx5v
A kinetic sculpture that slowly unspools. Scientific “proof” that mermaids are real. A chance to write poetry with the help of a robot.
These are just a few of the provocative concepts and objects on view at the new @MITMuseum.
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“You’re a target,” she recalled saying. “What should we do if you don’t come back?” Opera star lands in Boston after opposing ‘Europe’s last dictator’ https://t.co/9EumG4kSnX via @BostonGlobe
Artist @steve_locke was awarded this year's Rappaport Prize by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Few contemporary artists have left Boston under such public, or such fraught, circumstances, writes @malcolmgay. https://t.co/Y0m0eXZQG3