This is the story of how one student’s year long effort brought solace and joy to a community when it was most needed. In spite of the crystalline air and brilliant sunshine, Tuesday morning was dark for Bostonians near and…
When the work of a former graffiti artist enters the hallowed white box of a museum, almost inevitably there will be cries of “Judas.” Yet another in the ICA Boston’s string of exhibitions dedicated to street, or “outsider” artists, Barry…
João Ribas maintains that Amalia Pica’s work should be listened to. Other than the clatter of a slide-tray as it works its way around a carousel, this means listening to silence, more accurately, to the white noise of an exhibition…
From Above and Below is Sharon Harper’s first monograph, published earlier this year by Radius Books. With its lush 11×14″ reproductions, where images from seven distinct projects dating 2001 to 2012 are married and juxtaposed, it skirts the world of…
Last December, I bought a book at JP Knit and Stitch called ‘Hooked on Crochet.’ I attribute this uncharacteristic move to pick up a craft to a former student of mine, Emma Lanctot, who made a gorgeously red, lacy wrap…
This conversation with Andrea Fraser took place in January, on the day that followed her performance of Men on the Line: Men Committed to Feminism, KPFK, 1972 at the ICA Boston. Fraser has gained much recognition for her engagement in…
Carlos Jiménez Cahua Untitled #65.p (My [Aesthetic] Vocabulary Did This To Me; bicubic), 2012 Tiff file, dimensions variable This is part two of a conversation about the artist-in-residence program sübSamsøn, directed by Camilo Alvarez, interviewed a few days ago. The…
Camilo Alvarez sübSamsøn is an artist-in-residence program developed by Samsøn owner and director Camilo Alvarez. An artist is invited to occupy a small studio in the basement of the Gallery’s 450 Harrison Avenue space in Boston for a duration…
Non-Event, the Boston-based experimental music concert series, is about to start its 10th season. Over the past decade, it has steadily built a strong reputation and following through its cutting edge programming, and has partnered with many venues and…
Our Daily Red is pleased to continue our artist-in-residence series titled Inside Out. Every month, a guest artist is offered access to the platform to publish images and jot down thoughts about inspiration, obsession, creative failures and insights. Unlike an…
Andrea Fraser suddenly started shaking. From my seat at the very back of the theater, I couldn’t quite tell: was she crying? Sobbing, even? “Don’t cry Andrea,” I murmured. Empathy coursed through me: I was reaching out to her, I…
Excessive enthusiasm for the sensory world can lessen one’s critical edge. But last week at Matt Saunders’ artist talk, my sliding scale of wonder grew a little narrower. In the presence of such discipline and lucidity, I had to…
There’s a neighborhood near Omaha’s Old Market known locally as “the Kaneko zipcode.” If you’ve never heard the name Jun Kaneko—as was the case for me until last week—pay closer attention to the wall tiles in Boston’s Aquarium T…
As some upcoming (and more considered) articles will attest, I spent the holidays in Omaha, Nebraska. This, however, is the meatiest post of all: entering and leaving Johnny’s Cafe, a fixture since the 20s on the Omahan steak house circuit,…
20 images projected for 20 seconds each; a speaker with a concise and engaging narrative; an audience. PechaKucha, the Japanese word for the sound of chit-chat, is a popular form of visual presentation, an extended elevator pitch with images, not…
The CMCA, Rockport’s Center for Maine Contemporary Art, is doing something right. Its Biennial, which closes next Wednesday after a 2 month run, showcases the work of 17 artists who live and work, at least part-time, in the State of…
Now this is a guaranteed first date win. I jest but it’s true: Halsey Burgund’s new public art piece, a participatory soundscape encompassing the whole City of Cambridge, is an engaging and memorable way to while away an evening. You…
When I heard the learn’d astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them, When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured…
Perhaps it’s because I was born in New York City, perhaps it’s the accumulation of devastating news and images or the growing list of grievances against FEMA, utility companies and local officials, voiced by inhabitants of the Rockaways, Staten…
This time last week, I sat in a pew at Montserrat’s second annual academic symposium, Agents of Change: Art as Activism. It’s difficult to imagine a more New England venue for staging a day-long event on engaged art than a…