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Artist Richard Kravitz talks about loss, and living a changed life through painting

Richard Kravitz graduated from Massachusetts College of Art and Design with a degree in painting in 1976. Kravitz works with acrylic on canvas, begins with basic squares, building on the small and incremental to create both an inner and outer space, with each work 5 feet by 5 feet. Learn more about his process, life, and art in this article in the Worcester Mag.

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Building 100 Years of Wonder! Artist Lakwena Maciver Unveils Giant LEGO | Disney Mural in London

To celebrate the launch of the new Lego Disney Castle and Disney’s 100th anniversary, MassArt alumna Kristin Texeira, '10 BFA Painting, worked with Lakwena Maciver and Amy Jones to create four giant castle window murals. The murals are made of Lego brick and are inspired by storytelling. The first of four murals was revealed at Tower Bridge, in London, UK and is over 4.5m high and constructed of over 220,000 LEGO bricks.

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‘Between You and Me’ is a portrait of two portraitists

So much flows between self and other, painter and subject, and even individual and collective in “Between You and Me” at LaMontagne Gallery.

The show features work by Boston-area portraitists Isabelle Higgins, a self-portraitist, and Barbara Ishikura, who depicts friends and family. Their portraits share high-keyed palettes; graphic depictions that echo the punch and pathos of Alice Neel; and patterns and accents that make scenes hustle and jump, à la Henri Matisse.

Alex Sewell: Dad?

Alex Sewell (born 1989, Salem, Massachusetts) completed his BFA at MassArt in Boston, Massachusetts, and joined the studios of artists Jeff Koons and Bjarne Melgaard as an assistant sculptor/painter. Sewell’s work is characterized by his use of symbols borrowed from popular, consumer and gaming cultures and his mastery of oil technique.

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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the U.N. Hears of a Little-Known Killing Field

At the United Nations’ annual ceremony to mark the Nazi horrors, Karen Frostig, '70 BFA Painting described her work to commemorate a concentration camp where thousands of Jews, including her grandparents, were murdered.

"When Karen Frostig made her way to the podium of a packed United Nations General Assembly on Friday, the projections of grainy passport photos of her grandparents, Moses and Beile Samuely Frostig, towered above her.

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