While I still haven’t heard back from Mayor Thomas Menino’s campaign regarding my questions about their arts policies that I sent a few days back, today I did receive a mass email from John Crowley of the Mayor’s Office of…
I know I’ve been posting a lot lately about Boston’s mayoral race, but I think it is important for artists to ask politicians of all levels for a clear and effect policy regarding the creative economy. Artists pushed hard for…
By STEVE AISHMAN I’m often reminded of artist George Vlosich’s work. You’re not familiar with his work? He’s one of the most written about artists of our generation. The You Tube video of him making his work has been viewed…
By HANNAH BARRETT Until September 7th, The Golden Age of Dutch Seascapes at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem offers a rare opportunity to see a spectacular collection of Dutch and Flemish paintings from the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich,…
By JAMES A. NADEAU “I remember loving sound before I ever took a music lesson. And so we make our lives by what we love.” – John Cage, Lecture on Nothing, 1949 Our relation to music is deep and, one…
By JESSICA MOORE Artist and organizer Margaret Bellafiore is peaceful and focused as she draws intricate plant parts at a desk in Mobius Art Space. The open, airy studio is dotted with artists sketches and still-life arrangements –- plums, flowers,…
By CHRISTIAN HOLLAND In the spring of 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court forged a new precedent for the matter of “obviousness”1 as it pertains to patents in the unanimously decided KSR v. Teleflex ruling. Generally, to be granted a patent,…
By THOMAS BIRD Over fifteen artists from Boston’s vibrant performance art scene have made it all the way here to Beijing for what is the largest performance art festival in China, ever. The annual “Open Art Realization Performance Art Festival”…
Jason Landry: Alicia, Sara, Kelly and Cary…you are performance artists who go by the name Triiibe. What makes Triiibe unique and how do you fit into the genre of performance artists? Triiibe: We need to start off by saying that…
Earlier this week, I posted 2 items about the arts policies of Boston’s 4 mayoral candidates. I also sent questions to the candidates and promised post them here. Tonight, Michael Flaherty’s campaign sent a long response which I’ll include in it’s…
Following up on my post below about the arts policies for Boston’s mayoral candidates, here is a link to a piece in the Jamaica Plain Gazette. For the most part, the candidates address the usual litany of issues, including education…
I just got off the phone with Kathy Bitetti, who called to tell me about some big moves involving the national debate around health care, and what artists have done here in Massachusetts. She will have a column for us…
By KEN BOUTET & DAVE ORTEGA A large, sparsely detailed diorama by Sam Durant depicts the English-speaking American Indian, Squanto, teaching a grateful pilgrim how to fertilize a cornfield with fish. One nearly dismisses this display of aesthetic plainness and…
By ALISE UPITIS In 1977, Richard Serra proposed that all drawing is the physical trace of doing, famously stating that “drawing is a verb.” Let’s call this our thesis. In 2002, curator Laura Hoptman claimed that, at the turn of…
By MATTHEW NASH Performance artists Phil Fryer and Sandrine Schaefer are the duo behind “The Present Tense”, a series of festivals promoting performance art. Recently, they have joined forces with Vela Phelan, Dirk Adams, Alice Vogler and Brad Benedetti to…
By JAMES A. NADEAU Last week, Artadia announced the seven winners of their Boston awards. In light of this, I sent a couple of questions to the winners, to get a sense of their experiences. Four artists responded: Amie Siegel,…
By BIG RED August 7, 2009 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at MEME Gallery for the closing reception of Jesse Kaminsky’s “Bubbleraft 2.” MEME All photos and text by Big RED’s Christian Holland.
By BIG RED August 1 through August 2, 2009 Candid snaps from this year’s Bumpkin Island Artist Invasion. Bumpkin Island Art Encampment A video of a Bumpkin Island Gamelan performance. Bumpkin Island Gamelan performance at sunset. From the Berwick Research…
By THOMAS MARQUET Print this article #52: In a special two-part episode of “The White Cube”, Geoff the framer faces death and learns the true meaning of life. Or something like that. Thomas Marquet is a cartoonist, sculptor, and critic,…
By STEVE AISHMAN August is the cruellest month. The doldrums of the art world where half of the galleries are closed or not showing new work. Most of the artists are at the beach. August is an annual promise of…