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Bon appétit!

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Published Feb. 9, 2010 at 4:44 p.m.
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The delicious art of Luis Meléndez ... Luis Meléndez himself greets you at the outset of "Luis Meléndez: Master of the Spanish Still Life" at the Museum of Fine Arts. He seems a haughty 31-year-old in this 1746 self-portrait, standing in a fine silk coat and ruffled shirt and holding up a chalk drawing (note the chalk in his hand) of a hunky nude dude ... STILL LIFE WITH WATERMELONS AND APPLES IN A LANDSCAPE : These paintings invite you in, whetting your desire, tempting you ... “Luis

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The rules of his game

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Published Jan. 20, 2010 at 6:39 p.m.
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'Celebrating Chekhov' at the Museum of Fine Arts ... Given that every theater season seems to bring a new production of a Chekhov play, it's surprising that so few movies have been made of his dramas, or of his short stories. Or maybe not so surprising: Chekhov is perilously difficult for filmmakers ... UNCLE VANYA Andrei Konchalovsky's adaptation isn't funny enough, but it has a lot of feeling and some excellent performances ... Given that every theater season seems to bring a new production

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2009: The year in Art

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Published Dec. 22, 2009 at 3:51 p.m.

Saints, sinners, paint ... The year started off with a kick in the teeth when, in January, Brandeis University announced plans to shutter its Rose Art Museum and sell off its masterpieces ... The year started off with a kick in the teeth when, in January, Brandeis University announced plans to shutter its Rose Art Museum and sell off its masterpieces. Leaders of the Waltham school pled "historic economic recession" and then kinda, sorta retreated over the ensuing months as the entire art world

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Review: Z (1969)

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Published Dec. 1, 2009 at 5:34 p.m.
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Z lives on 40 years later ... John F. Kennedy wasn't the only political leader murdered in 1963. On May 22 of that year, Gregoris Lambrakis, a left-leaning, pacifist member of the Greek parliament and an aspiring presidential candidate seeking to replace the reigning right-wing government, was assaulted after a peace rally in Thessaloniki. He died five days later ... STILL URGENT: Sporting a freewheeling narrative, an irresistible soundtrack, complex performances, and startling imagery, Z

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MFA neglects to award prize for neglected female artists

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Published Oct. 7, 2009 at 3:57 p.m.
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Missing Maud Dept ... In 1993, on the occasion of her 90th birthday, friends of prominent Cambridge artist Maud Morgan donated funds to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts to establish a prize in her name. (She died six years later.) The Maud Morgan Purchase Prize would celebrate under-appreciated mid-career Massachusetts female artists ... EYES ON THE PRIZE: Friends of prominent artist Maud Morgan (inset) donated funds to the MFA to establish an annual prize in her honor. but now no prize has been

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Photos: Giant Sculptures Arrive In Boston

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Published Sept. 25, 2009 at 10:17 a.m.
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Two large-scale Italian sculptures were hoisted over the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ...

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Photos: 'Seeing Songs' at MFA

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Published July 16, 2009 at 3:49 p.m.

An eclectic mix of work that draws on music as inspiration ... Contemporary Outlook: Seeing Songs at the MFA ...   ... Hot Still Scape for Six Colors — 7th Avenue Style, 1940 ... By Stuart Davis (American, 1892–1964) ... Oil on canvas ... *Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  Gift of the William H. Lane Foundation and the M. and M. Karolik Collection, by exchange ... * Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/ VAGA, New York, NY ... *Photograph courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ... Read more ...

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Joy, not jamming

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Published July 17, 2009 at 11:21 a.m.

King Sunny Adé and his African Beats, live at the Courtyard at the Museum of Fine Arts, July 15, 2009 ... In 1992, Nigerian juju master King Sunny Adé and his African Beats played the Park Plaza Hotel ballroom as part of the Boston Globe Jazz & Blues Festival. What I remember most vividly is the hypnotic overlap of undulating guitar lines ...

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Old note found in museum wall

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Published June 24, 2009 at 2:48 p.m.

BOSTON - A construction worker knocking down a wall at Boston'sMuseum of Fine Arts has found a message from the past ... Rick Brendemuehl saw an envelope sticking out of the rubble onJune 4, and inside found a typed note written by a man who helpedoversee construction of the wall 83 years ago ...   ...

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Make a run for the border

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Published June 2, 2009 at 4:16 p.m.
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Edward Weston in Mexico, plus modern Mexican prints ... In August 1923, photographer Edward Weston left his wife and three of his four sons in Los Angeles and headed to Mexico City ... GALVÁN SHOOTING No gun, just the Mexican general in profile squinting in the sunlight ... “Viva Mexico! Edward Weston and His Contemporaries” and “Vida y Drama: Modern Mexican Prints” ... Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston May 30 November 2 ... In August 1923, photographer Edward Weston

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