Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see this week:
• Events
Thursday April 18*
Boston University, Morse Auditorium, 602 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Contemporary Perspectives Lecture: Chris Jordan
6:30pm / Free
Thursday April 18*
School of Visual Arts (SMFA), B-311, 230 The Fenway, Boston
4 Photographers, Walid Raad
12:30pm / Free
Sunday April 21*
Boston University, Morse Auditorium, 602 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
A Photographic Resource Center lecture: Abelardo Morell: My Life in Pictures — So Far
2pm / Free
• Exhibitions
Tuesday April 16 — Saturday May 18*
School of Visual Arts (SMFA), Mrs. E. Ross Anderson Auditorium, 230 The Fenway, Boston
MFA thesis exhibitions: Ray of Dark
Laura Harrison, Eugene Larochelle, Maia Lynch, Karmimadeebora McMillian, Timothy Mearini, Ivette Salom
Artists Talk: Tuesday April 16: 5:30-6:30pm
Opening Reception: Tuesday April 16: 6-8pm
Free
Saturday April 20*
Gallery 535, 535 Albany Street, Boston
Pop-Up Exhibition: Somethings
Melanie Chambers, Pepper Ellett, Hillary Irvine, Muge Karamanci, Sibel Levi, Linda Pagani, Mario Lopez Pisano, Bailey Quinlan, Dayna Safferstein, Akiko Surai, Charlotte Wampold
5-8pm / Free & Free Parking
• Performances
Thursday April 18
The Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square (161 Essex St), Salem, MA
Free Form, a live dance performance with Nick Cave
6:30-9:30pm / Members & Salem residents (with ID) free, nonmembers $10 at the door
Sunday April 21
Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street, Boston
Near Death Performance Art Experience
Curated and stirred by Vela Phelan
The artists participating in NDpae have a particular sensitivity in their actions which allows the viewers to feel extreme fear, security, loneliness, warmth, a feeling of loss/gain and absolute dissolution.
4pm-12:00am / Free
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Tuesday April 23*
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
ArtisTalk: Doris Salcedo
6pm—8pm / Free
Tuesday April 23
Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, 85 W. Newton Street, Boston
NEFA Presents Public Art Discussion Series: Building For the Outdoors
5-8pm / Free, register here. Public transportation is recommended.
Tuesday April 23
swissnex Boston, 420 Broadway, Cambridge MA
Contemporary Photography of Place: A Roundtable Discussion
Panel members:
Edie Bresler, Simmons College
Kristen Gresh, Museum of Fine Arts
Jan Howard, RISD Museum
Joanne Lukitsh, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Margaret Morton, Cooper Union, New York
Kim Sichel, Boston University
Joël Tettamanti, ECAL, Lausanne
Gary Van Zante, MIT Museum
6- 8pm / Free. RSVP here.
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