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...Cool White,” the first major survey and museum exhibition of Davey’s work. “Moyra’s an artist I feel has not gotten fair notice or the commercial success I think she deserves, in part because her work is so modest in scale and subject matter,” Molesworth says.As part of a larger initiative to bring more contemporary art to the Harvard art museums, Molesworth chose to display Davey’s work because she believes it also lends itself well to a learning environment...

Author: By Victoria D. Sung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Looking at the Overlooked | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

...events," using fireworks to create spectacles on the ground and in the sky that he related to Taoist ideas about destruction and transformation. By now, Cai (pronounced Sigh) is an old master of blast art. Which is funny, because at 50, he's a soft-spoken man with a modest manner. It's his art that makes noise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Bang | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...came here with the idea that we are criminals," he says. "Everyone thinks we are criminals, so they do not help." He insists his village never took up arms against its aggressors, but the conspicuous absence of young men in his group suggests otherwise. Stripped of their homeland and modest wealth, they've almost surely joined the war that no one seems able to stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Moral Clarity in Darfur | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...loud way,” says Corriel. “I’m a noisemaker.” He is often heard busting out tunes on the d-hall piano, encouraging students to do the same. Despite their individual popularity, most tutors are too modest to take all the credit. In the end, it’s a group effort. House Masters, fellow tutors, and spirited students are often the inspiration for their passionate presence in the community. “A lot of tutors think of [their house] as their home,” says Johnston...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Home is Where the Tutor’s Heart Is | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

Compared with the crowded, colorful displays of loot in most Broadway theater lobbies, the merchandise counter for Rent looks downright spare: a modest assortment of sweatshirts, mugs, CDs and T shirts in basic-grunge black-and-white. The show, too--on my first return visit since reviewing it 12 years ago--looks a bit paler than it did back in 1996, when it opened off-Broadway to so much acclaim that it made the jump to Broadway just two months later. The aids-centric story lines in this East Village update of La Bohme seem a little dated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life After Rent | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

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