You’ve probably seen a Janet Knott photo and not even known it.
For three decades she shot for the Boston Globe. Her frames keep resurfacing, in the Globe, on the evening news, in the listicles you scroll past. A few you’ll recognize on sight.
Photo Essays
The Langlais Art Preserve in Cushing
Bernard Langlais carved a field full of animals and figures out of wood at his home in Cushing, Maine. The Georges River Land Trust keeps the sculptures, his studio, and the paths between them open to wander.
The Great Harbor Maritime Museum in Northeast Harbor
A former firehouse on Main Street, renovated to hold ice boats, skiffs, lobster traps, and the history of the bays and coves of Mount Desert Island.
The Great Elephant Migration on Commonwealth Avenue
A herd of life-size elephants woven from lantana grazes the Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Back Bay, on view through September 13.
The ICA Watershed in East Boston
A condemned copper pipe factory turned summer art hall: Lucy Raven’s kinetic light sculpture and dam removal film fill the ICA Watershed.
Summer at the Portland Museum of Art
An eclectic summer in Portland, Maine, from the beadwork of Precious, the Value of Ornament to Winslow Homer as painter and etcher.
250 Years of American Art at the MFA
Three years of planning, eight reconfigured galleries: the Museum of Fine Arts reinstalls 250 years of American art, from paintings and sculpture to furniture and silver.
The North Shore Arts Association
A Gloucester institution since 1922, the North Shore Arts Association opens another summer of shows, auctions, and demonstrations.
Canterbury Shaker Village
Simplicity, spring, and a little poetry at Canterbury Shaker Village, a New Hampshire National Historic Landmark.
The Rockport Art Association
Winter turns toward spring at the Rockport Art Association, where even the snow seems to smile and the buildings are art in themselves.
Art in Bloom at the MFA
Flowers meet the collection at the Museum of Fine Arts: arrangements, gardens, and the long conversation between humanity and the natural world.