By MARTINA WINDELS While the process of oxidization of iron and the resulting rust is usually associated with the decay of an object through the breaking down of its material,…
By KAT KIERNAN I am not sure how to best treat a bloodstain. Is it cold water? Tide? Or must the ruined article of clothing be thrown away? These are…
By JOSEPH CAMPANA On the way to the Boston ICA to see the latest from the Stephen Petronio Company, I walked past Our Lady of Good Voyage Chapel. Nothing could…
By SHANE LAVALETTE Gil Blank is a photographer and writer. His photographs have been exhibited at PS1 Contemporary Art Center and White Columns, New York; The Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver;…
By MARTINA WINDELS BY ENTERING THE ZONE CREATED BY THIS DRAWING, AND FOR THE PERIOD YOU REMAIN THERE, YOU DECLARE AND AGREE THAT THE US CONSITUTION WILL NOT APPLY TO…
By NISHA MAXWELL Joshua Deaner’s a town without pigeons. confronts the capitalist, linear escapism that the Western psyche cultivates. Deaner claims to look for moments when landscapes reflect the inner…
By LIZ HALL Last week, I had the wonderful good fortune of attending two lectures about two different artists who dance with science. On Monday, February 22nd, the MIT Program…
By RIVER CORTES The 18th annual Outsider Art Fair took place this year from February 5-7 in Manhattan. For the second consecutive year, it was held at 7 West 34th…
By KAREN S. FEGLEY Although World War II ended 65 years ago and its slipstream, the Cold War, began to grind to a halt around 1985, the world remains an…
By JUDY KERMIS BLOTNICK Since last fall Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles, 6 million of which were in the U.S. alone. Among the problems listed were accelerator…
By CEARA DANAHER The Boston artists Jack W. Schneider, Alexander DeMaria, and Todd White came together in January to present “Dude, where’s my apocalypse?” at the fivesevendelle project space. One…
By JUDY KERMIS BLOTNICK Brian Knep, 41, a Boston media artist, paints with his computer. He has perfected his technology to interact with the viewer, which has brought him an…
By ALAN REID Josh Faught is sculptor who works in a variety of sculptural media, focusing primarily on how textiles interact with cultural metaphors. While the Light Lasts, his current show, is…
By JULIE NOVAKOFF Over the past four decades, Eli and Edythe Broad, noted Los Angeles philanthropists and art collectors, have amassed one of the largest collections of postwar and contemporary…
By ANNIE GOTTLIEB Back in the heady early days of feminism’s second wave, the movement’s theorists poured forth torrents of words about the male monopoly on public power — economic,…
By JASON DEAN There are certain places we have come to expect will be open 24 hours a day: gas stations, grocery stores, the occasional fast food restaurant. “Normal Business…
By CHELSEY PHILPOT The LINES Ballet’s Friday night performance at the Institute of Contemporary Art began with false informality: the dancers, wearing sweatpants and t-shirts, warmed up on stage as…
By CLINTON D. CAMPBELL Elevator Repair Service’s production of “Gatz” currently playing at American Repertory Theater is a challenging but ultimately mundane experience. In this production an office worker suddenly…
By REBECCA NOLAN & ROBERT WILSON Rebecca Nolan and Robert Wilson offer a glimpse of some of the work that was on display at this year’s Art Basel and SCOPE…
By ELENA SARNI The exhibition Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell is making its last stop at the Portland Museum of Art after a two year national…