Tufts University Art Galleries concludes the exhibition “re:imagining collections” with a curator tour and a performance by artist and choreographer NIC Kay. In the exhibition, five artists reconsider and readdress Tufts’ collection of relatively understudied antiquities from the Americas and the Mediterranean. The collection includes some 200 objects that date from the fifth century BCE …

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Tufts Universities Art Galleries is hosting a public reception for the exhibiting artists in "Been Here Before," which features the work of 23 graduating master of fine arts students from the School of The Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts. The show is described as exploring “thoughts of returning or revisiting — whether that is …

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Today is your last opportunity to visit the Tufts Universities Art Galleries exhibition "Been Here Before," which features the work of 23 graduating master of fine arts students from the School of The Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts. The show is described as exploring “thoughts of returning or revisiting — whether that is a …

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Today concludes the yearlong exhibition "Space Exploration: In Rejection of Frontiers" on display at the Tisch Library at Tufts University. The title refers to the built space, not outer space, and the complexities and subtleties at play in the deceptively simple task of inhabiting spaces. The exhibition mines Tufts University Art Galleries' permanent collection for …

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Tufts University Art Galleries today opens "Véxoa: We Know," a survey exhibition of living Indigenous artists of Brazil. Véxoa, which means “we know” in the Terena language, reaffirms Indigenous agency and struggle for self-determination as well as Indigenous contributions to the richness and diversity of Brazilian visual culture. Developed by curator and educator Naine Terena …

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Tufts University Art Galleries presents a reception and artist program for its new exhibition "Véxoa: We Know," a survey exhibition of living Indigenous artists of Brazil. Originally organized for the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo in 2020, "Véxoa" was the first exhibition curated by an Indigenous person to be shown in an art museum in …

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Tufts University Art Galleries presents a closing tour of the exhibition "Véxoa: We Know" led by co-curator Claudia Mattos Avolese, a senior lecturer in visual and materials studies at SMFA at Tufts. The talk will be presented in English and Portuguese. "Véxoa" is a survey exhibition of living Indigenous artists of Brazil. Véxoa, which means …

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Today is the final day to view the exhibition "I'll Be Your Mirror," five works by Boston-based artist Annette Lemieux, in the Tisch Library at Tufts University. Lemieux's body of work is inspired by advertisements, popular music and art history; she navigates the image in the age of mass media, traversing both mainstream and fringe. …

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