News

• An Artist Ramps Up His Striking Mural At Northeastern's Boston Campus
  August 16, 2018
  Once Anguilu’s mural is completed this weekend, the artist said he hopes people will pass through the new addition on wheels to get the full experience.
  
• Parisian Graffiti Artists Put On A Show At Northeastern
  August 7, 2018
  Parisian graffiti artists Greg Astro and Walter Javier Lopez Bartesaghui painted on 8-by-8 wood canvases with a style that was as much dancing as painting.
  
• He Wants To Draw Your Gaze To Things You Usually Ignore
  August 3, 2018
  Parisian graffiti artist Greg Astro is creating tunnels and ledges on two walls across from West Village—and he’s using paint to do it.
  
• Watch Northeastern's Newest Public Art Mural Unfold
  June 18, 2018
  Local artist Silvia López Chavez has transformed a wall outside the Ruggles MBTA Station into her largest piece of public art to date.
  
• Northeastern's Newest Artist-In-Residence Puts Mural In Students' Hands
  October 3, 2016
  The way Cervantes figures it, “It’s the people who use this building who are going to be living with this every day; we’re going back to San Francisco,” she said. “It’s important that it not be something someone came in and painted, but that it’s something that represents the voice and reflects the values of the people here.”
  
• The 50 Best Works of Public Art in Greater Boston, Ranked
  August 29, 2016
  Two of Northeastern's murals were featured in an article about the best works of Public Art in Boston.
  
• New campus mural from start to finish
  June 7, 2016
  University photographers were there to document Boston-based artist Cedric Douglas as he installed a new mural on the Behrakis Health Sciences Center. The mural is the latest installation in Northeastern's Public Art Initiative.
  
• Farzaneh and Bahareh Safarani: Presence at Northeastern’s Gallery 360
  June 7, 2016
  Review of the Safarani sister's MFA thesis show in Artscope magazine.
  
• Femmes Trouvés redefines artistic objects
  March 17, 2016
  Review in the Huntington News of the show, Femmes Trouvés, at Northeastern's Gallery 360, showcasing the most recent sculptural works of Michael Ulman, Arts and Sciences ’00.
  
• Northeastern Revs Up Public Art Initiative (via bostonmagazine.com)
  June 17, 2015
  From elevators to underground tunnels, ‘we want art to be everywhere,’ says Northeastern President Joseph Aoun.
  
• Northeastern is turning its campus into a canvas (via boston.com)
  June 13, 2015
  Edgar Allen Poe and John Lee Hooker recently showed up on Northeastern University’s campus. No, they’re not back from the dead. The pair was reincarnated by stencil graffiti artist Jef Aérosol—the pseudonym of Jean-François Perroy. He’s been painting murals all over Northeastern this week as part of President Joseph Aoun’s public art initiative. Northeastern is turning its campus into a canvas.
  
• LA artist 'El Mac' brings mural to Northeastern campus (via The Boston Globe)
  May 5, 2015
  As he craned his neck at the four-story mural taking shape above the Northeastern University quad this week, Bob Grueter said he had no question about who was responsible for it. Los Angeles-based graffiti artist Miles “El Mac” MacGregor has taken his work to Boston for the first time, much to the delight of those who recognize his distinctive style.
  
• Northeastern's Quad Will Become a Massive, Interactive Video Game Today (via bostinno)
  May 5, 2015
  Northeastern University's Krentzman Quad will be transformed into a massive video game on Tuesday and Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. as part of the school's graduation festivities.
  
• Northeastern becomes an arcade this week (via CNBC)
  May 5, 2015
  To celebrate graduation, Boston's Krentzman Quad will become an interactive arcade between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. The project is part of a partnership with Denver-based OhHeckYeah, which brings digital gaming into communities.
  
• Boston Globe: Cate McQuaid reviews Sophia Ainslie’s show ‘Inside Out’
  April 20, 2011
  A Boston Globe review of CAMD lecturer, Sophia Ainslies' show "Inside Out" at the Kingston Gallery in Boston.