MFA exhibit showcases South African fashion

Jeremy Suh, Staff Writer

April 11, 2019

Filed under Arts, Visual Arts Reviews

Balancing fashion and comfort has always been a challenge, but rising South African designers have found the way. South African fashion booms with unique designs. Their patterns and color schemes are unmatched, all the while making them cool to wear under the hot climate. Furthermore, the clothing roa...

Junior Semi-formal 2019 Photo Gallery

Phoebe Kallaher, Peter Finnerty, Anoushka Mallik, Zoe Tseng, and Jake Zucker

March 27, 2019

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Ballerina paintings portray emotional aspect of dance

Zoe Tseng, Staff Writer

January 8, 2019

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The typical image that comes to mind at the word “ballerina” is a girl in a pink tutu holding an excruciating pose. Many paintings of dancers center on the beauty of this pose and the ballerina’s serene expression. Edgar Degas is especially known for these types of paintings, but a new exhi...

Review: M. C. Escher: Infinite Dimensions

Tina Little, Staff Writer

April 30, 2018

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One of the most well-known “impossible” shapes is the Penrose Triangle, a shape seemingly visually possible, but physically impossible. Well, the inspiration for this triangle did not come from intense mathematics, but rather prints by Dutch graphic artist M. C. Escher. In the 1920s, Escher began crea...

Review: Presidential Portraits

Ella Kitterman, Co- Editor in Chief

April 7, 2018

Filed under Arts, Showcase, Visual Arts Reviews

Former President Barack Obama’s presidency was full of firsts. He was the first Black President of the United States. The first to legalize gay marriage during his term. The first to refuse campaign finance from the government. He took our country in a different direction and his final statement as he l...

Review: (un)expected families

Priya Karumanchi, Staff Writer

March 25, 2018

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Both color and black-and-white photographs fill the the gray room with dimmed lighting. The silvery-gray background helps to really showcase the bold images. Many photographs fill the exhibit all made with the same media, but all so different at the same time. From black and white photos from the 19th ...

Gallery Review: Showdown! Kuniyoshi vs. Kunisada

Nick Eddinger, Arts Writing Editor

December 18, 2017

Filed under Arts, News, Uncategorized, Visual Arts Reviews

Tucked away in the back hallways of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, “Showdown! Kuniyoshi vs. Kunisada,” contains an engaging and informative experience, comparing two brilliant woodblock print artists of the 1800s, Utagawa Kuniyoshi and Utagawa Kunisada. The grandeur of these two artists is well-ca...