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misstropolis boston s contemporary arts culture blog home about us contact us browse by category art 62 life 25 poetry 5 spirit 19 style 13 visionary series 5 hi i m robin editor of misstropolis i hope this site brings you some joy and some knowledge or at least a nice distraction during this surreal enlightening and historic time i like to write about art style and purpose if you have ideas for stories or would like to contribute i d love to hear from you thanks for reading misstropolis spirit style inside out spirit style inside out jun 19 jun 19 welcome to the cosmologyscape a day of dreaming robin hauck the wagner foundation celebrates juneteenth with welcome to the cosmologyscape jun 9 jun 9 the visionary series barbara krakow untitled life drawing no 90 robin hauck visionary series as boston s most influential gallerist turns 90 we celebrate her life through a tour of her many collections may 17 may 17 jean shin s green reprieve robin hauck art jean shin s dual installation at green wood cemetery in brooklyn offers a welcome respite after the madness of new york art week celadon landscape and offering draw inspiration from nature s cyclical systems and the way diasporic community forms new wholes from seemingly disparate parts apr 26 apr 26 adria arch off the wall robin hauck art adria arch s show anti gravity installed in distillery gallery s raw lower level space feels like it could be a set for an underground rave or an all night dance party this saturday may 2 arch is planning something close a choreographed activation of the space with the human movement project aesthetically politically physically this will be the ultimate culmination of a bold show from an artist refusing to play it safe apr 24 apr 24 painting with light robin hauck painting with light contemporary photography and the legacy of looking is curated by robin hauck and features the work of clint baclawski sarah dinnick john ross the safarani sisters and jason zucco across the exhibition the artists share a commitment to technical precision research and patient looking but more importantly they share a belief in the power of wonder and awe in a cultural moment defined by speed and artificiality painting with light offers a space to engage deeply to pause and to experience the quiet astonishment of being alive may 1 june 12 at the gallery at j t 18 bartlett square jamaica plain ma opening party may 1 6 8pm featuring pizza truck drinks and fascinating company join us apr 17 apr 17 yuko oda decaying into bloom at the groton school robin hauck art at the groton school yuko oda s new show decaying into bloom asks what nature might become after humans are gone apr 1 apr 1 steve locke no magic only justice robin hauck art waiting for my man at lamontagne gallery is steve locke s first solo show in boston since the artist moved to new york in 2019 it was a painful departure following withdrawal of his proposed auction block memorial at faneuil hall after divisive opposition from the boston naacp this exhibition signals a meaningful return to the city where the artist s career took off last month massachusetts college of art and design where locke taught for over a decade welcomed him back for a live conversation with mass moca s evan garza who curated steve locke the fire next time mass moca aug 2024 nov 2025 the house was packed the energy was high steve locke was back and the community celebrated mar 24 mar 24 praise shadows 2 0 from brookline to boston with the city s help robin hauck after five years in brookline ma praise shadows has moved downtown with help from the city owner yng ru chen has relocated her celebrated contemporary art gallery to a light filled street level space anchoring boston s historic chinatown and leather district neighborhoods mar 10 mar 10 the national museum of women in the arts celebrates the expressive power of book arts robin hauck art the national museum of women in the arts celebrates artists working in all visual mediums the upcoming a book arts revolution is part of the women to watch exhibition series shining light on emerging artists deserving national and international attention the 2027 edition will focus on the place of book arts within contemporary art practices and the ma chapter of the museum fetes the four women selected from our region amy borezo sarah hulsey abigail roher and anneli skaar feb 26 feb 26 hard n soft like la robin hauck an ambitious collaborative exhibition co curated by boston based art advisory art_works and los angeles based abigail ogilvy gallery hard n soft explores the contested boundary between rigidity and flexibility in contemporary art bringing together artists who deliberately subvert the expected properties of their materials feb 17 feb 17 heidi whitman maps a violent history with ahab s head american vengeance robin hauck art as captain ahab and his crew learn aboard the pequod humans cannot bend the universe to their will no matter how narrow their focus or outsize their power in ahab s head american vengeance at the new bedford whaling museum multidisciplinary artist heidi whitman considers contemporary violence egotism and fate through the lens of herman melville s moby dick or the whale feb 3 feb 3 masako miki s march of empathy and transcendence robin hauck art masako miki s midnight march invites us to immerse in an alternate cosmos entirely of her making where binaries disappear ambiguous shapes replace known figures and ancient narratives evolve to meet contemporary anxieties jan 23 jan 23 last chance to see esteban del valle thanks for all the conditional love robin hauck art don t miss your last chance to see esteban del valle s stunning paintings and works on paper at lamontagne gallery thanks for all the conditional love has been extended through tomorrow january 24th jan 22 jan 22 brittany nelson s ex weighs 17 million pounds robin hauck art in a new show at mit s list visual arts center photographer brittany nelson draws romantic parallels between the quest to connect with intelligent extraterrestrial life and queer lived experience jan 15 jan 15 ritual practice sacred space robin hauck art in a culture that demands constant visibility availability and productivity from women ritual and sacred space function as technologies of refusal and as conditions for survival creativity and self possession dec 23 dec 23 you re invited robin hauck art i m thrilled to announce my upcoming show featuring the work of ten boston artists ritual practice sacred space opens at the beehive in boston s south end on january 15 2026 nov 28 nov 28 the 2025 holiday gift guide with a little help from our friends robin hauck every year misstropolis annual holiday gift guide delivers inspiration just when you need it most it s always a reader favorite and for 2025 we ve made it even better with selections from some of the east coast s top tastemakers anne poole mel robbins alisa neely lisa pierpont and tiffany chu weigh in on their favorite gift ideas offering selections from near far and even the future nov 16 nov 16 inaugural wagner art fellows daniela rivera l merchie frazier prove print is the medium of protest robin hauck art inaugural recipients of the wagner foundation art fellowship l merchie frazier and daniela rivera share their experiences venturing into the print studio with lucy rosenburgh of caira art editions coming from their tactile large scale three dimensional and often participatory practices both artists found expansiveness in the print experience tapping into the medium s history as a tool for public engagement and protest nov 7 nov 7 don t miss bu massart and smfa open studios robin hauck art smfa mass art and bu host open studios on november 8 come find the future stars you will want to collect before they price you out nov 2 nov 2 danielle mckinney s language of interiority robin hauck art she has absorbed all of art history like a sponge but when she wipes the sponge across our consciousness the message is all danielle joy mckinney misstropolis sits down with gannit ankori chief curator of the rose art museum at brandeis to discuss the artist s first solo north american museum show danielle mckinney tell me more the artist will be in conversation with the curator at the gallery on november 6 load more misstropolis_og subscribe to our newsletter email address sign up thank you follow us contact us about us