By The Editors October 04, 2012 Richard Phillips became the second artist in recent history to create a portrait of a presidential candidate. The Marblehead, Mass.-born, New York City-based…
By The Editors October 03, 2012 Dear readers and supporters & to those of you who were present on Saturday night & to the people and venues that…
One of the more enigmatic artists from Lucy Lippard’s Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972 has to be Lee Lozano. She dropped out of…
By The Editors October 02, 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: •…
THE INTERNET — The Museum of Modern Art’s Klaus Biesenbach is worried about the word “curate.” The linguistic lament was captured in Wall Street Journal reporter Kelly Crow’s interview with…
The University of Hartford may axe up to 40 arts and humanities programs to benefit 17 other departments, according to reports. The university, which was founded in 1957 through the…
By The Editors October 02, 2012 Every year since 1981, the Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded fellowships to individual pioneers within the fields of…
By The Editors October 01, 2012 About 24 people gathered in the town of Arlington, Vt. last weekend to recollect the moments they shared with painter and illustrator…
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Not being a comic guy, I had no idea that I’ve been walking past an exhibition of New England comic artists at the Atrium Gallery (1815 Mass ave Cambridge) for…
By The Editors September 28, 2012 We would like to take a brief moment to thank this month’s sponsors. These are the organizations and companies that keep us publishing, so be…
So with our Kickstarter at 126% funded we have a lot to celebrate. Thank you again for your generosity and don’t forget to come to the free Shindig tomorrow evening…
We all know that this Saturday it’s the Big Red Shindig, but it is also Museum Day. Hosted by Smithsonian Magazine, on Saturday September 29 more than 1500 participating museums…
A few weeks ago we published a back to school post that discussed the world class museums, art galleries and more than 100 colleges and universities located in the Boston…
It’s not a Shindig without performance art! Here’s a preview of our illustrious line-up. Jessica Gath is no stranger to Big Red & Shiny. In 2010, BR&S was there at…
By The Editors September 25, 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:…
Hey party people! Saturday we will be throwing all of our readers a FREE Shindig at the Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts! Some important facts- Saturday, September 29,…
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 18 September PRC, Boston Henry…
Along with publishing our blog posts, conversing over the social media, and setting up the party at the BCA and the talks at MIT, it feels like we’ve been constantly…
Do you like typography, architecture and vintage signs? Do you find yourself wishing there was a way to document and archive unique type and signage from all over the world?…