Art

A journey to Camelot

While exhibits are typically held in the Robbins Library, Camelot is unique in both the physical and cultural spaces it occupies.

Yayoi Kusama’s wonderful “Infinity Mirrored Room” open at the MAG

Her art typically depicts obsessive repetition through the use of lighting and mirrors — shown very obviously in the Mirrored Room.

Artist Rivka Simcha on her Hartnett Award-winning piece “Venus Decomposing”

Rivka Simcha's “Venus Decomposing,” which juxtaposes beauty and decay, won the "Hartnett Award” last month. She spoke with the CT about her art.

Yayoi Kusama’s INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM invites oblivion

The “Infinity Mirror Room” only allows people to stay for one to one-and-a-half minutes, it feels like one is completely alone in the oblivion of oneself

MAG exhibition “Beyond Beauty” confronts visitors with what they don’t want to see

"Beyond Beauty" portrays humanity as less-than-perfect in the traditional sense: Body Horror; Witch, Mother, Crone; The Wages of Sin; and Social Ills.

Find X: Identifying humanity in “Homework, Horizons, and Hellscapes”

Underneath the graphs, hidden behind rational squares and plotted timelines, are thousands of unnamed voices, crying out from between x and y. 

An opportunity to create: Turkish Ebru sip n’ paint with Muslim Students’ Association

The Muslim Students’ Association’s Sip n’ Paint sent many students home with a weight lifted off their shoulders and a few pieces of artwork of their own.

Insights into the room over with Madeline Coleman

Her first-ever solo exhibit, “in the room over,” explores the themes of non-functionality and mental health.

The Natural Center is a beautiful ode to Earth

Each of the mixed media pieces intertwines themes of nature and humanity, exploring feelings of unnaturalness or discomfort in the spaces where they meet.

‘Striking Power’: the truth behind the broken noses of Ancient Egyptian sculptures

The exhibit examines the patterns of damage inflicted on works of art for political, religious, and criminal reasons — the results of organized campaigns of destruction.