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The Embrace in Boston, MA
The Embrace is a bronze sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas and MASS Design Group. It is installed on Boston Common. The artwork commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Wikipedia notes that not a lot of folks like it, but I do – the details of the hands and the sheer size of…
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The Great Elephant Migration Public Art Installation in Boston, MA
On my first day of vacation, I took the kiddo and my mom to go check out 100+ elephant sculptures hand-carved by indigenous artisans from India using an invasive weed called katana camera that has overtaken Indian forests and displaced local wildlife. We started on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall off of Dartmouth Street and were…
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New Bedford Whaling Museum
It gets a 5/5 from me that’s for sure. There was so much to see and do. And yes, I did see the famed merch, but did not get a shirt or mug only because I have a billion black tees already and I am inundated with mugs. But, it was very lovely. The whale…
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Kpop Demon Hunters
Our kiddo has watched Kpop Demon Hunters five times and counting. I watched it for the first time only just yesterday with the whole fam. It is so good. The story, character design, character movement/animations and music are all immaculate and stunning. My only gripe? The character designs of Jin’s mother and little sister. They…
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An August Day at Mass MoCA
It’s my favorite museum. For me, there’s more of a connection to the artwork because it is contemporary – especially when artists create commentary on culture and the current social challenges. At the same time, I appreciate and am inspired by the more experimental work where boundaries, viewpoints and mediums are pushed. Dirty DisorderlyPhách Lạc…
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MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA
During winter break, the family and I made a trek to MASS MoCA. We booked a one night hotel stay close by before continuing on to Albany, NY. This museum…art compound…is simply stunning. There are so many rooms to get lost in and so much inspiring contemporary art. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. A few exhibits…
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Oil Paintings by Noah Verrier
This painting – and many more – by Noah Verrier is sweet perfection. A colleague shared it in a Slack channel and I have been pining after it ever since. [source: Threads]
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Artist: Known — Illustrator for ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ gets long-overdue credit
Give this a listen: A couple years ago, as the writer Sarah Elizabeth was working on her book, “The Art of Fantasy” (out September 12th), a particular illustration kept popping into her mind’s eye. It was the cover for the 1976 Dell/Laurel Leaf paperback edition of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic sci-fi/fantasy novel “A Wrinkle in Time.”…
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Meet the painter behind the iconic covers for ‘The Baby-Sitters Club’
Hodges Soileau talks about the images that defined the series for a generation of readers — and why he’s selling the original art to superfans now [Read More] (The Washington Post)