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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Dead Blogging ‘Paris Night & Day’ at BC’s McMullen Museum
Well the Missus and I trundled out to the McMullen Museum at Boston College to catch Paris Night & Day: Photography between the Wars, and say, it was swell. Representing the City of Light at its most romantic and its … Continue reading
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Tagged André Kertész, Boston College, Boston Gllobe, Brassai, CDG, City of Light, Dora Maar, Electricité, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ilse Bing, Lisette Model, Madame Bijou, Man Ray, Mark Feeney, McMullen Museum, Paris From Notre Dame, Paris Night & Day: Photography between the Wars, Piet Mondrian, Roissy Charles de Gaulle
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Dear Malcolm: Sorry Your Resignation Got Short Shrift in the Times
The decision by Boston Museum of Fine Arts director Malcolm Rogers to retire was front-page news in Friday’s Boston Globe. MFA director Malcolm Rogers to retire Museum of Fine Arts director Malcolm Rogers, whose 19-year tenure has been marked by … Continue reading
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Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (Deval Patrick ‘Maybe’ Edition)
This week’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight features very different versions of Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s showing some leg to Politico last Sunday about a future presidential run. The Boston Herald’s Press Party called out “Deval’s doublespeak” in its Wayne’s World webcast on Thursday. … Continue reading