Bonni Benrubi 1953-2012 Bonni Benrubi, the founder and director of Bonni Benrubi Gallery, died last Thursday, November 29th, following a two-year long battle with cancer. She was 59 years old. Her gallery, founded in 1987 on New York City’s…
Greetings BR&S! I’m J.R. Uretsky and in the studio today I am working on a new segment of my performance series titled, Women I’ve Known, Biblically. I have been thinking about sentimental artworks and found this great article by Nada…
https://vimeo.com/58230343 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…
Toki Eishö (active late 18th century) Japan, Edo Period, 18th century Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk Honolulu Academy of Arts, Richard Lane Collection (2007.143) On November 29, 2012, Boston University’s Department of History of Art & Architecture…
Thanks To Our Sponsors By The Editors November 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 publishing, so be sure to check them out! Featured…
When someone you just met does something nice for you and you are shocked, it makes you reexamine the kind of jerks you usually hang around with. And that sentence is the roundabout way I picked to tell you that…
Now this is a guaranteed first date win. I jest but it’s true: Halsey Burgund’s new public art piece, a participatory soundscape encompassing the whole City of Cambridge, is an engaging and memorable way to while away an evening. You…
On Thursday, November 15, the Massachusetts College of Art and Design Graduate Department sponsored its inaugural silent and live auction Night In The Box, with all of MassArt’s proceeds benefiting graduate scholarships. A distinctly separate event from their main auction,…
Tony Smith was born Sept 23, 1912; this year he would have been 100 years old. Before he became known for making large, abstract geometric sculptures, he had owned a bookstore, had a career in architecture, studied with the art…
In 1974, at the eve of the national bicentennial, the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum—then known as the deCordova Museum—organized a major survey of New England buildings completed between 1963 and November 10, 1974, the exhibition’s opening. With New…
The Dorchester Arts Collaborative has signed a 5-year lease for 1200 square feet of gallery, performance, classroom and workshop space in Four Corners. Founded in 2002 by Rosanne Foley and Joyce Linehan as a membership organization, the Dorchester Arts Collaborative…
The National Endowment for the Arts announced today that Chairman Rocco Landesman is stepping down at the end of the calendar year. According to the NEA press release, Landesman said that it was always his intention to only serve one…
KAREN AQUA (1954-2011) Karen Aqua loved to draw. She would sit at her worktable surrounded by colored pencils, pastels, and stacks of small pieces of 4″ x 6″ paper. Over days of work, these sheets would fill with color,…
Juan Amaya, Plant Study #8 Juan Amaya, Plant Study #9 Juan Amaya, Plant Study #10 Juan Amaya, Plant Study #11 Juan Amaya, Plant Study #12 What I do usually is just an active noticing/note-taking/collecting of items, gestures, notions, that…
The inaugural Designers and Books Fair was held from October 26—28 at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Based on the website DesignersAndBooks.com, the fair attempted to emulate the site’s focus on the relationship between designers and…
Perhaps it’s because I was born in New York City, perhaps it’s the accumulation of devastating news and images or the growing list of grievances against FEMA, utility companies and local officials, voiced by inhabitants of the Rockaways, Staten…
The Rhode Island Shakespeare Theater has been a small gem in New England since it started in 1971. It’s back after a long hiatus, once again led by founding artistic director Bob Colonna. (Having been “raised” theatrically by Bob and…
INSTANT MESSAGING: the performances was a closing reception for INSTANT MESSAGING at Anthony Greaney in collaboration with Maggie Cavallo, which featured the work of Lucy Watson and DEAD ART STAR. Reflecting the performative and collaborative elements that are key to…
Robert Campbell doesn’t lecture very often, but when he does, he packs the house. Boston’s own Pulitzer-winning architecture critic delighted and mesmerized the audience during a lecture held at the Boston Public Library on Tuesday November 13. Campbell joined notable…