Murray Whyte

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Murray Whyte

A dull thud, regular, muted, persistent, fills the stairwell at the MassArt Museum: Thump-thump, thump-thump. It’s strange but familiar. Then it hits you — it’s the rhythm of a beating heart, but its source is far from human. In a vast chamber at the top of the stairs, a giant cedar box drum, a ceremonial instrument for Northwest Coast Indigenous cultures, hangs from the ceiling, trussed by thick rope.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Murray Whyte

NEW HAVEN – How much is too much Turner? New England’s determined to put it to the test. The past few years have seen no less than four major showcases of the British firebrand’s catalytic oeuvre within a few hours drive of Boston; the biggest was at the Museum of Fine Arts in 2022. The latest (and current) is “J.M.W. Turner: Romance and Reality,” at the Yale Center for British Art. Its reason for being is the artist’s 250th birthday, and why not? When it comes to Turner, any old excuse will do.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Don Aucoin |A.Z. Madonna |Murray Whyte |Jeffrey Gantz |Jon Garelick |Maura Johnston | +1 more

Christiani Pitts (Robin) and Sam Tutty (Dougal) in rehearsal for "Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)."Nile Scott StudiosTWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK CITY) The two strangers in question in this musical two-hander are Dougal, a cheery Britisher in his mid-20s traveling to attend the wedding of his father — whom he has never met — and Robin, also in her 20s, a hard-bitten native New Yorker who is the sister of the young woman Dougal‘s father is about to marry.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Murray Whyte

The inaugural edition of the Boston Public Art Triennial, a sprawling, once-in-three-years infiltration of public spaces from Charlestown to Mattapan and many points in between, officially launches May 22. With more than 20 projects on view through the end of October, your opportunities to engage it are many, and your timeline generous. But public art aspires to much more than one-and-done viewing.

1 month ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Don Aucoin |A.Z. Madonna |Murray Whyte |Jeffrey Gantz |Jon Garelick |Maura Johnston | +1 more

Christiani Pitts (Robin) and Sam Tutty (Dougal) in rehearsal for "Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)."Nile Scott StudiosTWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK CITY) The two strangers in question in this musical two-hander are Dougal, a cheery Britisher in his mid-20s traveling to attend the wedding of his father — whom he has never met — and Robin, also in her 20s, a hard-bitten native New Yorker who is the sister of the young woman Dougal’s father is about to marry.