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Spring Arts Events in Boston: Design Week, Moby Dick & More

Boston Design Week Back and bigger than ever for its 11th year, this multiday design extravaganza seeks to increase public awareness and appreciation of all […]

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Fall Arts Preview: 18 Things We Can’t Wait to Do This Season

SEPTEMBER 2023 1. Cheer on a basketball demigod. Being such a bibliophilic city that’s also mad for hoops, Boston and its environs seem a perfect […]

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Fashioned by Sargent John Singer Sargent, an American expat best known for his evocations of Gilded Age luxury, is considered the most successful portrait painter […]

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18 Things We Can’t Wait to Do This Spring and Early Summer

APRIL 1. Catch the biggest wave in Japanese art. Katsushika Hokusai may have been an important artist in the 1800s, but his Great Wave and […]

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By the Way, There’s a Work of Art Made of Human Hair in Salem

Hair is such a fundamental element in how we identify ourselves. Whether worn long or short, colored by nature or otherwise, it has long been […]

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What’s the Future of Boston Philanthropy?

It’s a tradition as American as apple pie: Every July Fourth since 1974, the Boston Pops have descended on the Hatch Shell for an evening […]

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25 Things To See, Do, and Hear This Spring

Nerd out. Were you reading The Witcher long before Netflix came knocking at Henry Cavill’s door? Then this one’s for you. On April 9, the […]

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Check Out the Peabody Essex Museum’s New Wing—For Free!

This month, the Peabody Essex Museum debuts its long-awaited, 40,000 square foot new wing—and if you pay it a visit opening weekend, you’ll get to […]

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Vanessa Platacis Is Spray Painting the Peabody Essex Museum for Taking Place

As an emerging street artist,Vanessa Platacis used to wander the streets of Boston at night, adorning both public and private walls with stenciled and spray painted […]

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Archive of Mind Invites You to Play with Clay at the Peabody Essex Museum

Most of us abandoned playing with clay around the same time we stopped playing with dolls and dress-up clothes. But in the eyes of Korean artist […]

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Peabody Essex Museum to Open “PlayTime”

When you think of playtime, images of scattered Legos, a trunk of tutus, or assorted hand puppets may come to mind. Most parents consider play […]

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PEM’s “XYZT” Exhibit Explores Digital Landscapes Through Art

Immerse yourself in a digital wonderland this month at the Peabody Essex Museum. French multimedia artists Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne present “XYZT: A Journey […]

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A Georgia O’Keeffe Exhibit Is Coming to the Peabody Essex Museum

This winter, you’ll have the chance to see never-before-exhibited portraits and clothing belonging to Georgia O’Keeffe. The Peabody Essex Museum is debuting 125 works by the […]

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A Conversation with Metallica’s Kirk Hammett: On Horror Movies, Heavy Metal, and a Frankenstein Bong

When the Peabody Essex Museum opens the “It’s Alive!” exhibit this Saturday, visitors will be thrilled and chilled by its nearly 100 horror movie and […]

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Revisit the Glamour of the Ocean Liner Era at the Peabody Essex Museum

If your only awareness of ocean liners is Kate Winslet kicking Leonardo DiCaprio off of that door in Titanic, you’re missing the bigger picture. The massive […]