BRAVO’S WORK OF ART SEASON ONE
By JAMES NADEAU So, Bravo’s Work of Art is now over. In a short (and mindblowingly quick) 9 weeks we paid witness to wacky artists, crazy contests and even minor…
Author James Nadeau
James Nadeau
James Nadeau is an independent curator, video artist and writer based in Boston. He is editor of Our Daily RED, the blog of arts journal Big RED & Shiny. He is a graduate of the Comparative Media Studies department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed his undergraduate studies at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His video work has been screened internationally and he has presented papers on media and film at conferences nationally. He has programmed film and video in several festivals throughout New England and he is currently a technical instructor on film in the Literature Department at MIT. He is currently working on a manuscript on reality television under consideration by Lexington Books.
BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: TOPPING OFF CEREMONY AT THE ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM
By JAMES A. NADEAU June 22nd, 2010 Candid photos from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston ‘Topping Out’ ceremony on June 22nd held to celebrate of the completion of…
THOUGHTS ON BRAVO TV’S WORK OF ART: THE NEXT GREAT ARTIST
By JAMES NADEAU So it is finally upon us: the reality show about artists and the art world brought to us by the Bravo Network and Sara Jessica Parker. I…
VIRTUOSO ILLUSION: A CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL RUSH
By JAMES NADEAU Virtuoso Illusion: Cross-Dressing and the New Media Avant-Garde is the latest curatorial project by Michael Rush, and his first since leaving the Rose Art Museum. Big RED…
INSTITUTIONAL VISION
By JAMES A. NADEAU The recent shifting in the curatorial make up of Boston has caused me to stop and reflect upon just what these institutions actually mean to us.…
A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
By JAMES NADEAU Ah 2010. It is the beginning of a new year and a new decade, time to throw off the shackles of the “naughts” and begin thinking of…
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston appoints Jen Mergel as Beal Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art
So the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has finally replaced Beal Family Senior Curator Cheryl Brutvan after a year of searching. And it seems that their long, international search for…
ASPECT: A CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL MITTELMAN
By JAMES NADEAU This week I sat down and chatted with Michael Mittelman, founder, editor, and publisher of Aspect: The Chronicle of New Media Art. Aspect is a bi-annual DVD…
TOBIAS PUTRIH & MOS, AND SUNG HWAN KIM AT MIT
By JAMES A. NADEAU It seems fitting that Tobias Putrih and MOS (an architectural collective) have their recent piece Without Out installed at MIT. If for no other reason that…
WORLD AIDS DAY. A DAY WITH(OUT) ART 2009
By JAMES A. NADEAU This Tuesday marks the twentieth anniversary of Day Without Art. Begun on December 1st, 1989, the Day Without Art (now known as Day With(Out) Art) was…
THOUGHTS ON A JOURNEY ACROSS ASIA
By JAMES A. NADEAU So I have been back in the U.S. for a couple of weeks now, hoping to find time to process and really think about my journey.…
VIDEO WORK IN SEOUL
By JAMES A. NADEAU I have spent the last two issues discussing the work that I viewed in Beijing, so I figured it was time to talk a little bit…
GALLERY ADVENTURES IN CAOCHANGDI, BEIJING
By JAMES NADEAU In addition to the massive gallery hopping in I did in the 798 District I also spent some time in the relatively new gallery area of Caochangdi.…
GALLERY HOPPING IN BEIJING
By JAMES A. NADEAU In my first three days here in Beijing I have visited the two main gallery districts. The largest and best known area, the 798 District, I…
A BR&S TOUR OF KOREA, CHINA AND SINGAPORE
By JAMES NADEAU I am on the verge of a journey that is going to take me to three cities in Asia. Thanks to the Asian Cultural Council I have…
State Budget Cuts Force MCC to Cut Programs, Staff
I don’t know if anyone else saw this but it is pretty depressing. The Mass Cultural Council has announced that it is forced to cut their program significantly thanks to…
THE DONKEY SHOW @ A.R.T.
By JAMES A. NADEAU I want to say right off the bat that I am not a theatre person. I am not trained in its analysis nor have I ever…
NEW MEDIA AND THE SELF: JEFFREY LIPSKY AND SECOND LIFE
By JAMES A. NADEAU A week or so ago I had the opportunity to visit the studio of Jeffrey Lipsky. Lipsky is an artist who is exploring the opportunities of…
SEEING SONGS @ THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
By JAMES A. NADEAU “I remember loving sound before I ever took a music lesson. And so we make our lives by what we love.” – John Cage, Lecture on…
Q & A WITH 4 ARTADIA AWARDEES
By JAMES A. NADEAU Last week, Artadia announced the seven winners of their Boston awards. In light of this, I sent a couple of questions to the winners, to get…