By BIG RED Friday, October 30, 2009 Part of MASSART Eventworks for Fall 2009. From the MASSART website: The Iron Pour has a strong history at Massachusetts College of Art, beginning as a fundraiser for the Metals Department, it has…
By STEVE AISHMAN Information has evolved into a new species of garbage. The entire concept of someone who is “informed” has changed and now fragmentary 140 character lines of text pass as communication. It is not that this new breed…
By MICAH J. MALONE I’ve hesitated to comment on the following story, if only because it is still being written. However, the fascinating conundrum that faces Chris Burden and Gagosian Gallery is far too rich to pass up. As was…
By JAMES NADEAU In addition to the massive gallery hopping in I did in the 798 District I also spent some time in the relatively new gallery area of Caochangdi. This is an old neighborhood farther out of the city…
By ERIK GULLARD Alec Soth’s exploration of Bogota stemmed originally from the adoption of his baby girl. The girl’s biological mother made a book full of letters, pictures, and perms and gave it to Soth and his wife. Upon receiving…
By STEPHEN V. KOBASA In Provincetown, there is a great deal of what no longer is. Who sits in the poet Stanley Kunitz’s garden now, or writes in Norman Mailer’s house? And even in October, the hulking tourist buses angle…
With the next round of elections approaching, there has been a lot of talk in Boston about growing the creative economy and fostering new arts spaces in the city. At the same time, there are a large number of college…