Word: fogg
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...YEARS since Ben Shahn's widow donated 2000 of her late husband's photographs to the Fogg Art Museum, photography at the Fogg has risen from the status of stepchild to full fledged member of the illustrious family of "fine arts." Even now, one of the Fogg's best-kept secrets is its small but distinguished collection of 20th-century photographs, and rarely is a photography show celebrated with a black-tie opening or an expensive catalogue as was the current Ben Franklin exhibit. Despite the museum's limited budget and space, Contemporary Photographs V is the fifth...
Ginandes's photographs are the only weak spot in an otherwise excellent show. In a year in which we pay homage to the achievements of our forefathers, it is also important to recognize the accomplishments of our most talented contemporaries. Right now the Fogg is one of the best places to see what in another 200 years just might rate a black-tie opening...
...Fogg, under the auspices of curator of photography Davis Pratt is having its fifth annual exhibit of Works by Contemporary Photographers. The show will be reviewed in more detail in tomorrow's paper, but let me just add that its worth looking at closely and going back to several times. It's a small show--only four photographers--but a good one. In Gallery 19 through...
Harvard will commemorate the occasion with special exhibits at the Fogg Museum and in the Widener rotunda...
...Fogg is honoring Benjamin Franklin, who actually came from Philadelphia. The exhibit opened Wednesday, is going to run all summer, and is supposed to feature Franklin's "contributions to Harvard." It does seem interesting that the man who wrote that blasphemous little ditty "Early to bed, Early to rise, etc." should be honored at the one major university which offers no 8 a.m. classes. The key from the famous kite experiment isn't there, either. The Fogg has new hours these days--it opens at 9 now instead of 10 (more the influence of the unions than Franklin, though...