Claire Beckett

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Slideshow: The MCC Awards at Tufts, 'Flourish' at MassArt, and 'The Cave Project'

Gallery 263, Tufts University Art Gallery, and Mass Art
Greg Cook presents his pictures of 'The Cave Project,' alongside works from The MCC Awards exhibit at Tufts University Art Gallery, and 'Flourish' at MassArt.
By PHOENIX STAFF | July 12, 2011

High concept

‘Artadia Boston’ at the BCA, plus terracotta at the Gardner
The stars of the “Artadia Boston” exhibit at the Boston Center for the Arts’ Mills Gallery are Raúl González’s manic-Injun drawings.
By GREG COOK | April 06, 2010

Boston exposures

Photography by Nicholas Nixon and Joe Johnson
Photographer Nicholas Nixon of Brookline first burst onto the scene in the show "New Topographics."
By GREG COOK | April 21, 2009

Ready for war?

Claire Beckett looks for the 'human level'
Private Dan Floyd lays face and belly in mud during basic training at Fort Knox in Kentucky.
By GREG COOK | October 02, 2007

Worth seeing

Heroes, fakes, abstracts, and figures
Three exhibitions will catch your attention at the RISD Museum.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | September 19, 2007

Dam cute

“The Beaver Project”; documentary photos at BU, Stella at Harvard, and the opening of Second Gallery
There has been a great wave of Cute in Japanese contemporary art in recent years — colorful nodding mushrooms and balloons from Takashi Murakami, big-headed kiddies and doggies from Yoshitomo Nara, and Dark Cute in the form of movies like Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away .
By RANDI HOPKINS | January 24, 2006