By BIG RED April 4-5, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the Contaminate 3 Festival of performance art. Images courtesy of Phil Fryer. Contaminate 3
By BIG RED April 11, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at 2 Car Garage Contemporary Art Gallery, opening for Random Cinder Blocks Digitally Mastered, with work Craig Drennen & Todd Schroeder. 2 Car Garage – Contemporary…
By STEVE AISHMAN Did you know that modern art has actually been used to torture prisoners? (said the guy standing next to me at the Jasper Johns’ exhibit). Whatever, if you don’t like the painting, just don’t look at it…
By HANNAH COLE “What do I wear to an art fair in Milan?” This is the question that plagues me the night before my early morning train to Milan for MiArt, one of the largest art fairs in Italy. I…
By MARTINA TANGA Media-America is a place where the consumer is alienated, without freedom of speech, and most importantly, without freedom of choice. David Joselit sets up and describes a dismal outlook on American consumer capitalist society. Democracy in this…
By HEIDI MARSTON What’s good about the Art Fairs? Here is one thought, you get to meet a lot of people who are interested in looking, making and collecting stuff. The stuff we are talking about is artwork or objects…
By JOHATHAN FARDY Jacques Derrida spent much of his late career pointing out the relations between the words “response” and “responsibility.” The late Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ installation “Untitled” (Placebo), currently on view at the Williams College Museum, inspires similar musings. A…
By MATTHEW NASH The last few weeks have seen several important announcements, and much more speculation, regarding the state of the arts in Boston. As we reported on our blog on March 17, Allston-Skirt Gallery will be closing their doors…
By JAMES NADEAU The Coolidge Corner Theatre will hold their annual “Coolidge Award” ceremony this Wednesday. This year’s award is being presented to famed producer Jeremy Thomas. Thomas has worked with the film world’s most pre-eminent directors: Bernardo Bertolucci (with…