Boston Does Boston Six
Currently up now at Proof Gallery in South Boston is Boston Does Boston Six— a group exhibition featuring six artists either living or working in the city. The exhibition is…
Author Anulfo Baez
Anulfo Baez
Anulfo AKA The Evolving Critic is a preservationist and blogger with a strong interest in architectural history, urbanism, and the parallels between fashion and architecture. He holds degrees in Tourism Planning and Development from the University of New Hampshire and in the History of Art and Architecture from Boston University. Anulfo has written for the Boston Society of Architects and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He oversaw BR&S's blog, Our Daily Red, from 2012-14.
The 2012 Harleston Parker Medal goes to MIT’s Media Lab Complex
The Boston Society of Architects in partnership with the City of Boston has selected The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab Complex as the 2012 winner of the Harleston…
Upcoming Fashion Exhibits in New England
Few people think of New England as a destination for fashion exhibits. While it may be true that no major city in this region is host to an internationally known…
Maya Lin at the Boston Public Library
I remember why I wrote that short paper on Maya Lin for my Introduction to Architecture course in college. I wrote it because I admired Lin’s resiliency during the…
Museum of Fine Arts to Auction Significant Group of Works by African-American Artists
Charles White, Trumpet Player, charcoal and gouache on board, 1959-60. Estimate $100,000 to $150,000 The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) plans to auction a significant group of works…
Going Red – Saving Boston’s Historic Fire Alarm Boxes
Call Box 1231 – Photo courtesy of Boston Fire Historical Society. If you’ve stood on a corner in Beacon Hill, the North End, Downtown, the Back Bay or other…
What Boston-area museums can learn from other museums and libraries on Twitter
A little less than four years ago when it was suggested that I use Twitter for work purposes, I immediately shrugged and didn’t give it a chance. Fast forward to…
Noted Architecture Critic Ada Louise Huxtable has Died
Photo: Harry Heleotis Architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable, the first-ever to win in 1970 the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism, has died at 91. Through her passionate and articulate…
Kickin’ it – Sneakers Inspired by Concrete
In case you aren’t on twitter, I sometimes tweet about sneakers and very often rant about preservation and Brutalism. I love all three things mentioned above and I’m a passionate…
An Architectural Tour of Important Historic Sites in Boston – All at Your Fingertips
I’m always on the lookout for mobile apps whose goals are to help people explore the built environment and landscapes of historical significance. The National Park Service (NPS) recently…
A Struggling Local House Museum in New Hampshire Reflects a National Trend
These are hard times for historic house museums. According to research conducted by the Pew Charitable Trust in 2008, there are more than 15,000 historic house museums in the United…
Two Local Youth Arts Programs Honored by the White House
Art education in public schools seems nonexistent today, and I personally experienced very little of it while attending Boston Public Schools. Small community-based organizations have taken on the role of…
New Architecture in New England: The 1974 Catalogue
In 1974, at the eve of the national bicentennial, the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum—then known as the deCordova Museum—organized a major survey of New England buildings completed between…
DOT organization signs a 5-year lease for gallery, performance, classroom and workshop space
The Dorchester Arts Collaborative has signed a 5-year lease for 1200 square feet of gallery, performance, classroom and workshop space in Four Corners. Founded in 2002 by Rosanne Foley and…
Cityscapes of Boston, Robert Campbell & Peter Vanderwarker at the BPL
Robert Campbell doesn’t lecture very often, but when he does, he packs the house. Boston’s own Pulitzer-winning architecture critic delighted and mesmerized the audience during a lecture held at the…
Celebrating Boston’s public spaces
The Boston Public Library has been organizing some very exciting events for years, but none more exciting than Building Boston—a citywide celebration of Boston’s public spaces. According to the BPL…
Permanent dots connected by invisible lines
Fifty random points all connected by straight lines: those were the original instructions for Sol Lewitt’s Wall Drawing #118 installed at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in…
H.H. Richardson’s Warder House portal and fireplace to be auctioned in Maryland
The Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC is set to auction artifacts from the Benjamin Warder House designed by 19th century Boston architect Henry Hobson Richardson. Rumors of the…
Art Thefts Through the Years: The New England Edition
On Tuesday October 16, 2012 seven paintings from the Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands were stolen in the early hours of the morning. The stolen paintings are by Picasso, Monet,…
The Big Bad at The Nave Gallery
It’s best to start this piece by confessing that I’ve yet to watch a single episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek, Smallville, Veronica Mars or one of the…