Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events/screenings/exhibitions/performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see this week:
• Events
Wednesday February 13
Boston Society of Architects, BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston
Micro-Housing Unit By What's In
6-8pm / Free
Wednesday February 13*
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Arnheim Gallery, 621 Huntington Ave, Boston
Artist Camilo Restrepo with Boston Arts Academy Dance: The Liminal Bend
Closing Reception: Wednesday February 13
5-7pm / Free
Sunday February 17
Worcester Art Museum, Contemporary Gallery & WAM Library, 55 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA
Drawing Marathon: Kick-Off with Jill Slosburg-Ackerman
2-4pm / Free with Museum admission
• Exhibitions
Wednesday February 12 — Sunday June 9
Rose Art Museum, Brandis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA
Ed Ruscha: Standard
Walead Beshty: Untitled
Sam Jury: Coerced Nature
Opening celebration: Wednesday, February 13, 5—8pm
Artist talks:
Walead Beshty, 3-part lecture series: February 7 at 7pm,
February 11 at 7pm, and February 13 at 4pm
Sam Jury: February 14 at 5pm
Mark Bradford: March 19 at 5pm
Wednesday February 13 — Wednesday March 6*
The Howard Art Project, 1486 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester MA
Joe Joe Orangias, Lucky Strike
Opening Reception: Friday February 22, 6-9pm
Gallery Hours: Saturdays 12 to 6pm or by appointment
Thursday February 14 — Sunday April 7*
Harvard University, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Brute
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts—Le Corbusier’s only building in North America—artists Katarina Burin and Amie Siegel present Brute, an exhibition and critical engagement with the iconic modernist building
Reception with the artists and curators: Thursday February 14, 5:30-6:30pm
Main Gallery, Sert Gallery + 2nd Floor
Free
Friday February 15 — Thursday March 14*
UMass Boston, Harbor Gallery, 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston
Lifelines: Recent Work by Avram Finkelstein
Lifelines: Recent Work by Avram Finkelstein is the first American solo show of new work by Avram Finkelstein, a New York based artist and founding member of the two most influential artist collectives formed in response to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s: the Silence=Death Project and Gran Fury.
Opening Reception: Friday February 15, 6-9pm
Free
• Screenings
Sunday February 17 — Sunday March 17
The Institute of Contemporary Art(ICA), 100 Northern Avenue, Boston
2012 Oscar-Nominated Short Films
Times vary / $5 members | $10 nonmembers
* Found on Big Red and Shiny's Listing page! Upload your listing for free here.