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‘Your Light Is Central’ is an evolving LED art installation that makes a colorful square even more vivid

by Marc Levy April 17, 2026

Art is meant to illuminate, and a series of installations called “Your Light Is Central” went live in Cambridge’s Central Square this week to make that literal.

ART AND DESIGN

‘Starting From Scratch’ shares success secrets from self-made artists, including one venturing into software

by Marc Levy April 5, 2026

It’s not easy making art for a living, but three self-taught creators in Somerville share stories in April about how they bootstrapped their way to a breakthrough.

ART AND DESIGN

Multicultural Arts Center showcases works by high schoolers

by Sadie Barandes March 19, 2026

The show tends toward up-close, pensive portraits of youth and the surreal, part of the center’s mission to show the bold and new.

Between a Foot Locker and TJ Maxx, a mall hosts Michelangelo

by Michael Gutierrez March 2, 2026

The exhibit “Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel” displays 34 of 60-odd Vatican frescoes, life-sized reproductions visible “like no pope has ever seen them.”