Preview: abstract photography at deCordova
Photography is generally understood to be an excellent means of instantly capturing things as they are. In theory, the mechanism of the lens, shutter, and film (or digital sensor) is…
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Go & See: Tuesday 6 — Monday 12 November
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 Tuesday 6 November Go & Vote!!!…
What’s at stake? A quick look at art & politics
Unless you’ve been living under a rock these past 9 months, you know what’s going down tomorrow. This is Big Red & Shiny’s Get Out the Vote post! First of…
Two opportunities for young artists
Why does Boston produce such an immense number of young artists and yet retain so few of them? This is the question that begins the call for work for yBos…
The bold & the beautiful: art school sales this November
It’s a refrain we all hear time and again: Boston’s strength lies in its schools. Whether you believe it or not, it cannot be denied that there is some fantastic…
#FirstFriday: November 2nd
This month’s #FirstFriday is filled with food and drinks starting with the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. The theme for the ICA’s #FirstFriday is Mixology. The evening will be dedicated to…
Big Red & Shiny’s Big Red Shindig— in 2 minutes
Today marks our one month since our Kickstarter was successfully funded! Here is a behind the scenes time lapse video of the Big Red & Shiny’s relaunch party, the Big…
Thanks To Our Sponsors
By The Editors October 30, 2012 We would like to take a brief moment to thank this month’s sponsors. These are the organizations and companies that keep us…
Go & See: Tuesday 30 October — Monday 5 November
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 Tuesday 30 October The Rose Art…
Is Community a BAD word? Thoughts following the BIG RED FORUM
Panel discussion summary and bios as PDF What a night. As our former editor-in-chief Matthew Gamber put it: Big Red Forum has now become “Big Red Town Hall.” The…
Go & See: Tuesday 23 — Monday 29 October
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 Saturday 27 October <- Support BR&S!…
Bring your Voice to the BIG RED FORUM: Boston has an arts community, but how do we engage other communities?
Carrying its mission into the public forum, Big Red & Shiny will host a discussion on art & community moderated by Katherine French, Director of the Danforth Museum. Community art…
Go & See: Tuesday 16 — Monday 22 October
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 Tuesday 16 October Tower Auditorium, 621…
Preview: Performance & Participation at the Polish History Museum
By The Editors October 14, 2012 The museum has a ton of roles to play. First, is the protective role, collecting, preserving, and identifying what is important to…
Preview: Analia Saban
L.A. based Argentinian artist Analia Saban’s show at Tanya Bonakdar is teeming with associations for me. Her work is formally advanced and ripe with historical connotations, but the thing that…
2012 Rappaport Prize: Suara Welitoff
By The Editors October 12, 2012 Big Red & Shiny would like to congratulate Suara Welitoff on the news that she has been awarded this year’s Rappaport Prize…
Preview: Tara & Luther
By The Editors October 12, 2012 Luther Price is hot shit these days… cue list of credits. He’s also an artist with remarkable discipline, dedication and modesty who lives and…
Preview: Reviled Architecture
By The Editors October 11, 2012 We’ve all seen Boston’s city hall, and we’ve all got an opinion about it. The haters believe that it’s a symbol of Boston…
Preview: An Appropriation of Means: The Advent of Installation as a Critical Tool of Architecture
By The Editors October 09, 2012 Chances are you or a loved one went to an art school for undergrad. If you did, it’s also probable that you…
Go & See: Tuesday 9 — Monday 15 October
By The Editors October 09, 2012 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…