………………………………………………………………………….. As we rapidly approach next week’s Big Red Shindig (for which tickets are still available), we wanted to share with you examples from some of the great artists we’ll be working with this year who vary in range from…
Memory and the built environment are inextricably linked, and most potently so in places where historic events—and the need to remember them—collide. The memorial, the time tested place-marker for moments of significance, is a particularly challenging form for architects and…
“In my opinion, the best way for the West to see Asia is to study the individual. Each one is totally different from any other.” —Chen Zhen1 This summer, thanks to Xu Bing’s Phoenix Project at MASS MoCA (on view…
I am extremely pleased to have been asked by Katherine Vetne and BR&S to contribute to Inside Out. Getting validation, as you’ll see in a moment, is a wonderful and very helpful experience. Always. Thanks Katherine and BR&S. I have…
Like beer? Love art? Want to support a great cause? Got $10? Then the Big Red Shindig is a MUST. Happening Friday, September 27 from 7-10pm at the Mills Gallery. In addition to all of the amazing artists, DJs and…
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: • • • Exhibitions • • • Tuesday September 10 — Saturday October 19 Wilfredo…
On Monday night, Emerson College’s 550 seat auditorium at the beautifully restored Paramount Theatre was packed—artists, arts administrators, advocates, critics and many other professionals working in the creative industries gathered—as the city witnessed its first-ever mayoral forum on the arts.…
What were you doing last September 4th? We BR&S editors were rolling out our relaunched blog and journal after a two year hiatus. 365 days later, it’s clear that you did miss us while we were gone. With your love,…
Our Daily Red is pleased to continue our artist-in-residence series titled Inside Out. Every month, a new guest artist will have access to the platform to publish images and jot down thoughts about inspiration, obsession, creative failures and insights. Unlike…
“To work with a plan that is preset is one way of avoiding subjectivity. It also obviates the necessity of designing each work in turn. The plan would design the work.” – Paragraphs on Conceptual Art, by Sol Lewitt Much…
Pope’s palace populated by she-popes First, Joan impersonates the pontiff, Oh Petre, pater patrum, Papisse prodito partum! And now this! Camille, Louise, Kiki, Jana and Berlinde ride in, red robes aflow leaving behind not flesh babies but objects all sizes.…
John Ruskin never slept with his wife. So one of the most enduring stories of the man goes. Yes, he authored Modern Painters (1843), a treatise of ardor and appreciation for a new kind of painter, typified in the work…
Last week, I posted a sneak peek of some of my sketchbooks, which I looked through for the first time (in too long) while packing up my studio for a cross country move. It’s amazing what you stumble across when…
Welcome to Studio Sessions with our guest this episode, Caitlin Masley. Caitlin earned a BFA from West Virginia University, an MFA from the University of Arizona, and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Design and Urban ecologies from Parsons in…
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 Thursday August 15 RISD, 212 Union Street, Providence, RI Art Twerk:RISD Fletcher Open…
“Poïesis is etymologically derived from the ancient Greek term ποιέω, which means “to make”. This word, the root of our modern “poetry”, was first a verb, an action that transforms and continues the world. Neither technical production nor creation…
What a way to start the beginning of our second year back in the city! Big Red & Shiny has been voted winner of the Boston A-List’s ‘Best Local Blog’ category in a poll presented by City Voter and WGBH.…
One of the many joys in New England living is the palpable sense of history in all of the region’s best urban spaces. The inconveniences of slender alleyways and tightly packed neighborhoods are forgiven because these features, seemingly anachronistic to…
There is one really nice thing about moving: as you pack your things, you get a thorough look at everything you own. You unearth things you haven’t seen in months or years, and stumble across items you thought were lost…
