Tufts University Art Galleries presents a closing day tour of the exhibition "The Sun Rises in the West and Sets in the East" with guest curator Sara Raza. The exhibition explores social and cultural seismic shifts and how the traditional culture and classification of science, philosophy, biology and economics have collapsed in contemporary society. It features 11 contemporary artists who challenge geopolitical narratives, systems and power dynamics, including new and recent works by Lida Abdul, Kader Attia, Yael Bartana, Asli…

Today is the final day to view Medford artist Sarah Gerould's exhibition of landscape paintings on display in the second-floor gallery of the new Charlotte & William Bloomberg Library building. Gerould began painting in 1997, first in watercolors, and then in oils starting in 2009. She often brings marbling, printing, mosaic and collage techniques into her work. In workshop and class settings, she studied painting under Jill Banks, Maud Taber-Thomas, Christine Lashley, Gavin Glakas, Lassie Corbet and Arnold Lopes while…

Tufts University Art Galleries opens the exhibition “re:imagining collections,” in which 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 to the seventh century CE, including early Greco-Roman ceramics and stone carvings, and a trove of pre-Columbian vessels, jewelry and textiles. Each artist in this exhibition — Ali Cherri, Nicole Cherubini, Lily Cox-Richard, NIC Kay, and SANGREE — has…

Tufts University Art Galleries celebrates this week’s opening of the exhibition “re:imagining collections” with the debut performance of “Before and After (Object Lesson)” by artist and choreographer NIC Kay. “Before and After (Object Lesson)” is one of five new commissions by Tufts Art Galleries for “re:imagining collections,” a group exhibition that reconsiders the university’s antiquities collection through the work of contemporary artists Ali Cherri, Nicole Cherubini, Lily Cox-Richard, NIC Kay, and SANGREE. Each artist reconsiders and readdresses the collection of…

The Medford Public Library opens its art exhibition for March-April, featuring paintings by Medford resident Elaina Bates-Egan. Her paintings are rooted in abstract expressionism and explore color, texture and movement while paying homage to the natural world. The series on view, “Transcending Mt. Olympus,” uses the lens of ancient Greek mythology to explore the complexities and nuances of the human experience. The exhibition may be viewed in the second-floor gallery during regular library hours through April 29. A reception with…

Tufts University invites the community to an opening of the exhibition "Ukraine: Connected Histories & Vibrant Cultures" at Tisch Library. The territory of modern Ukraine was once part of the largest kingdom of medieval Europe, known as Kyivan Rus. The heart of that early medieval kingdom — the city of Kyiv — is today the capital of Ukraine. It features impressive monuments, as well as remarkable collections and archives that are endangered by Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. This exhibition…