Frida Kahlo is one of the 20th century's most famous artists, but the vast majority of the public knows nothing about her beyond her notorious unibrow and iconic self-portraiture. But who really was the artist behind all the fame? How did she live? What inspired her? How did she engage with politics ...
The Movie: "Before Sunrise"The Year: 1995The People: Ethan Hawke as the suave, philosophical American man, Jesse. Julie Delpy as the inviting, equally-philosophical Frenchwoman, Céline. Richard Linklater as a fourth-time director. The Non-Revealing Plot: Céline and Jesse meet on a train ...
This past Sunday, the 91st Oscars were held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, as they have been the past 18 times since the theatre was opened in 2001. However, during the ceremony, a feeling of change lingered in the air.This was the first time in 30 years that the Oscars did not have a host. ...
Content Warning: This article mentions rape.The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s (ISG) current exhibition “Botticelli: Heroines + Heroes” explores a side of the Renaissance master that viewers may not be as familiar with. The exhibition is based on the museum's own painting “The Story ...
On Thursday, “Empire” (2015–) actor Jussie Smollett turned himself into the custody of Chicago Police, marking a stark turnaround in one of the year’s strangest news stories thus far. Smollett, who checked himself into a Chicago hospital in the early hours of Jan. 29, had alleged that two attackers ...
Libby Langsner — Class Year: 2019, Position: Executive Arts Editor, Major: Art history, Mainly covers: Museum and gallery exhibitionsWhy Arts?: Are there other sections? Just kidding ... but in all seriousness, I get to write about my favorite things and work with my favorite people, what more ...
Near the heart of the lively city of Boston is a dimly lit space of meditative stillness. Currently, the School of Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts is hosting “Suara Welitoff: Right Now This Moment,” an exhibition of selected works by filmmaker Suara Welitoff.Suara Welitoff (1951–) is an artist ...
“It’s all about sharing the love, man,” Antonio Innis, the SMFA shuttle driver known as Tony, told me with a laugh on a bleary Monday morning Slackbot, completely on par with his usual friendliness and completely changing my morning grumpiness. No matter who gets on his shuttle, what ridiculously ...
Monday, Feb. 18 marked not one but two holidays. The first, of course, was President's Day. The second was a less widely celebrated but still critically important holiday. That holiday was Little Joe's 26th birthday. Little Joe, a western lowland gorilla, rung in another year of life with a ...
In the world of comics, there is an endless cavalcade of "good people doing good things:" Batman, Spiderman, etc. There’re even a few books about "bad people doing good things," we’ve got the "Suicide Squad," "Deadpool," "The Punisher," so on and ...
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding Bauhaus, a school of German art, the Busch-Reisinger Museumat Harvard has unveiled a new exhibition drawn from its vast collection of Bauhaus works. To depict the school’s close historical relationship with Harvard, curator Laura Muir selected nearly ...
Last week, Tufts hosted a cappella singer and music producer Deke Sharon (A '91), a Tufts alum and a former member of the Tufts Beelzebubs. While on campus, Sharon gave a lecture entitled “Harmony Through Harmony.” In addition, he participated in a concert with Tufts a cappella groups, teaching ...
Living in Greater Boston has presented us with a unique opportunity: We can use public transport to cross state lines. Specifically, it is possible, and surprisingly simple, to travel to Providence, R.I. using the commuter rail. If you’re like me, that’s a reason to go in and of itself. If you need ...
Hey, kitty squirrels! After Latrice Royale’s not-so-shocking elimination last week, we are down to the final four queens of “All Stars 4.” Going off track records, Trinity the Tuck is the frontrunner with four challenge wins. Monét X Change and Monique Heart both have three wins, while Naomi ...
As the 2019 Oscars draw near, the ceremony’s controversies have been steadily increasing as well. Much of the backlash coming from members of Hollywood stems from the show-runners’ head-scratching decision to only televise certain categories, while public anger is centered around the proposed addition ...
The Movie: Come and See The Year: 1985The People: Aleksey Kravchenko as Flyora, the decaying childbearing witness to the evilest of evils, Elem Klimov as the film's director and Ales Adamovich as the screenwriter, relaying the horrors he lived through in his youth. The Non-Revealing Plot: In 1943, ...
In recent years, Netflix has increased the number of Korean original programs distributed on its platform, with “Kingdom” (2018–) being the latest addition to this growing list of productions.The drama series has a few hit-makers in its credits: screenwriter Kim Eun-hee also wrote the well-received ...
Released on Feb. 5, “The Wandering Earth” (2019), China’s debut sci-fi film spectacle, is now playing in Boston. The film was adapted from a novella of the same name by author Liu Cixin, winner of numerous prestigious sci-fi awards within and outside China, such as the Galaxy Award, the Locus ...
The demographics of the SMFA shuttle are pretty consistent. There are always tired-looking dual-degree students, a few Bachelor of Fine Arts students and one of the five drivers that we have come to know and (mostly) love. Someone will be holding a Rubi machine coffee, someone will be struggling to ...
Netflix’s new series, "Russian Doll" (2019–) contains a premise that has been featured in film and television numerous times: The protagonist, Nadia (Natasha Lyonne), keeps dying and reliving the same day. With this premise, however, the show takes the viewer to a place only possible ...
