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Hanukkah theme educates Boston through public art — Gallery

BOSTON – This week, pedestrians strolling past the Milk Street Café outside Post Office Square downtown might be taken aback by giant, round faces peeking out at them from the windows. Some have a message to communicate, and others just want to share a wave. "Giants," an exhibit by

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ICA books largest-ever gift with art worth $42 million

BOSTON – The Institute of Contemporary Art received the biggest gift in its history Thursday as local philanthropist Barbara Lee donated 20 works of art valued at $42 million, museum officials said. The Seaport District museum said the sculpture, prints, videos and a room-size installation would be added to the Barbara

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Boston City Hall showcases art for Black History Month

BOSTON – The cement block exterior of City Hall doesn't normally attract admirers, but inside the gray façade, the work of Boston artists in City Hall Galleries is bringing life to the otherwise gloomy space. Three shows are on display in City Hall Galleries through the end of February

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Giant Chinese zodiac sculptures turn heads in Boston

BOSTON (AP) – A dozen giant bronze animal heads representing the signs of the Chinese zodiac are stopping people in their tracks and sparking conversations in downtown Boston. And that's exactly what they are intended to do.

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Documentary photography shines at New England Biennial exhibit

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the talented documentary photographers at the New England Photography Biennial have written a book. This highly selective juried exhibit is currently in full swing at the Danforth Art Museum in Framingham, Mass. Held every two years, the show features innovative works

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Rethinking Rodin at the Peabody Essex Museum

Rodin: Transforming Sculpture is the latest installation of acclaim at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM). According to the museum, the exhibition fundamentally alters how we understand, interpret and experience one of the world's most iconic sculptors. The collection features more than 160 finished and unfinished works by the

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Gardner art heist prompts third search of home

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Federal authorities returned on Monday to search the Connecticut property of a reputed mobster suspecting of having knowledge about the largest art heist in U.S. history. FBI agents went to the Manchester home of Robert Gentile. It wasn't immediately clear why they were there.

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Levine bows out as Met music director after 40 years

NEW YORK (AP) — James Levine, the former Boston Symphony Orchestra maestro, will retire as the Metropolitan Opera's music director at the end of the season because of Parkinson's disease, ending a 40-year run that lifted the company to a golden era but became increasingly problematic as