March 28, 2024

The street artist Shephard Fairey officially crossed the threshold into fine art with his first museum exhibition–right here at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Curated by Culture Show contributor Pedro Alonzo, that exhibition happened 15 years ago. What did it mean for Fairey’s street cred? What trails did he blaze? Pedro Alonzo joins us to talk about about Shepard Fairey’s legacy and where street art lives today along the spectrum of counter-culture, conventional and commercial art From there, move over March Madness and make way for March grandness–I’m talking about the annual hanging of the nasturtiums at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: with vines that can be 20 feet long. We’ll talk to the woman behind this floral extravaganza. Finally, Mary Grant, president of MassArt joins us to talk about the art of sustainability.