By Karen Schiff One fine morning at the Harvard Art Museums, at about this time last year, I poked into the Fogg’s ongoing Bernini exhibition, mounted in a cozy room to the left of the entrance. I wanted to check…
By STEVE AISHMAN This last First Friday in Boston had a different air about it. For me it was like watching a family member move to Beijing or having a last drink with a co-worker before they move on to…
By JAMES NADEAU Tom Kalin returns to feature film directing with his new project Savage Grace. Based upon the book by Natalie Robins and Steven M. L. Aronson, the film details the decadence and downward spiral of the wealthy socialite…
By CHELSEY PHILPOT When Mark Morris first staged his interpretation of the 17th century English opera “Dido and Aeneas,” what audience was he trying to reach? Did he intend to seduce opera aficionados with modern dance juxtaposed against familiar sounds?…
By RITA LOMBARDI A fly on the wall of the Bernard Toale Gallery will hear all kinds of speculation about Abelardo Morell’s new work. The image visitors see when they enter the gallery (or walk past it) is a color…
INTERVIEW WITH JOSEPH CARROLL By Jess T. Dugan Jess T. Dugan: To provide a background for this conversation, can you speak about how you came to work at the Bernard Toale Gallery as well as a brief history of the gallery…
By JON PETRO “I feel like everything I do has something to do with filling up space. I dunno, almost the way I drum is the way I draw: It’s like I’m covering every little space with a beat or…
By BIG RED Friday, May 30th, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at Axiom for the opening “From The Electric Studio,” featuring work from MassArt’s SIM program. Featuring work by: Clint Baclawski, Kevin Clancy, Kristin Kyper, Celia…
By THOMAS MARQUET #34: There’s nothing more thrilling than selling out at an art fair. Thomas Marquet is a cartoonist, sculptor, and critic, based in Brooklyn, New York, which is an admittedly unoriginal place to be pursuing any of these…
By BIG RED June 10th, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town for the reception & book signing for The Boston Printmakers: Celebrating 60 Years. Boston Printmakers