Journalist, @BostonGlobe. Wrote The Brain Electric: https://teapaw.org/t.co/pV1XBVjByE. DM for signal.
Boston, MA
Joined October 2010
- Tweets2.2K
- Following613
- Followers1.7K
- Likes945
Malcolm Gay retweeted
Composer Matthew Aucoin is bringing his slimmed-down ‘Eurydice’ opera to Boston trib.al/BBrLyjo
Malcolm Gay retweeted
Museum of Fine Arts agrees to return sacred relics to Korea. trib.al/ndin2CS
Decision comes as museums across the country are pulling objects to comply with updated NAGPRA regs.
The Museum of Fine Arts will remove eight Native American objects to comply with updated NAGPRA regulations. trib.al/BXz6zZi
Malcolm Gay retweeted
From @malcolmgay: The University of New Hampshire has permanently closed the Museum of Art on its Durham campus, a casualty of declining enrollment and budget cuts.
trib.al/zVMQaKt
.@BryanMarquard with a moving tribute to the Master Blaster, RIP, who gave us an unparalleled look at the early days of rock in Boston bostonglobe.com/2024/01/27/m… via @BostonGlobe
I met the Blaster in 2022, when he, Susan, and their crew were hip deep in a lifetime’s worth of undeveloped film: bostonglobe.com/2022/03/12/a…
Malcolm Gay retweeted
Eight decades later, the painting that Adolf Hitler wanted for his personal museum is on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, its provenance finally revealed by an intense research effort by a persistent curator. trib.al/HxPBYCx
Enjoyed talking all things stained glass with @seguntheprogram on @bglobetoday
Scholars in R.I. found a stained-glass window from the 1800's depicting Jesus with dark skin.
Some believe it could be the first work of its kind to depict Christ as a person of color — as he almost certainly was.
@malcolmgay sheds light on @NESN and globe.com/globetoday.
Malcolm Gay retweeted
In 1857, an enslaved potter in South Carolina’s Old Edgefield district carved a brief poem into a pot he’d turned in the mid-August heat.
bostonglobe.com/2023/03/04/a…
“It’s almost like he sent out a message through a pot, and it came back all these years later,” said the researcher who identified the family. “It all connected.”bostonglobe.com/2023/03/04/a… via @BostonGlobe
Malcolm Gay retweeted
When freezing pipes recently burst at the MFA, security guards quickly protected masterpieces from pouring water. The guards are now in increasingly bitter union talks with the museum, which wants to transfer their employment to an outside firm bostonglobe.com/2023/02/23/a… @malcolmgay
Breaking: Boston Symphony Orchestra head Gail Samuel to step down bostonglobe.com/2022/12/16/a… via @BostonGlobe
Not usually a fan of Q&A's, but here's an exception: Come for the terrific new album, stay for the tale of Duchamp and urination: nytimes.com/interactive/2022…
Malcolm Rogers endorsed the authenticity of questionable works owned by James Stunt — casting new light on a 2014 loan the two brokered for the MFA.
Concerns raised over former MFA director’s dealings with English art collector trib.al/EKUJ4ks
Malcolm Gay retweeted
A kinetic sculpture that slowly unspools. Scientific “proof” that mermaids are real. A chance to write poetry with the help of a robot.
These are just a few of the provocative concepts and objects on view at the new @MITMuseum.
bostonglobe.com/2022/09/29/a…
“You’re a target,” she recalled saying. “What should we do if you don’t come back?” Opera star lands in Boston after opposing ‘Europe’s last dictator’ bostonglobe.com/2022/09/16/a… via @BostonGlobe
Malcolm Gay retweeted
Artist @steve_locke was awarded this year's Rappaport Prize by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Few contemporary artists have left Boston under such public, or such fraught, circumstances, writes @malcolmgay. trib.al/gZlPLb8
Malcolm Gay retweeted
In May, a special commission voted to recommend replacing the state’s seal and motto — and by extension the Massachusetts state flag — a dramatic turning point for a symbol whose roots date back to 1629 and the chartering of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. trib.al/Wxd8B4G
