By BIG RED Print this article Having failed to deliver the needed revenue to cover expenses of operation, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has laid off 23 staff members thoughout various departments in an attempt to balance the budget…
By BIG RED Print this article We are proud to announce that we have launched a new and improved FORUM here at Big RED. It is a free, perl-based forum called YABB (Yet Another Bulletin Board) that was recommended by…
By BIG RED PUBLISHER Print this article It took a lot of work and a long time to get Big RED & Shiny online, to shape its vision and build our core group of writers and reviewers. For the first…
By MICAH J. MALONE Print this article Google-ing the Real is a group show of 11 artists from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, all engaged in the “complex interaction between technology and everyday life.” For this exhibition,…
By KIMBERLY POTVIN Print this article Upon entering the NAO Project Gallery, one is instantly taken aback by the flawless appearance and high quality of Asuka Ohsawa’s work. Each painting consists of a tightly rendered gouache-on-paper drawing, blending together solid…
By NATHAN LEWIS Print this article “One Pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small, And the ones that Mother gives you, Won’t do anything at all.” White Rabbit, from Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane, 1967. If you’re…
By CHRISTIAN HOLLAND Print this article No more than in any other occupation can the ‘worker’ define their role to themselves than in the fine arts, that is to say the “fine arts” one would practice to attain the degree…
By JANE HUDSON Print this article Video is the language of our culture. Video images signal to us a technological present that reveals without reflection, and can only be witnessed as it continues to present itself in an ever-flowing extreme…