ABRAHAM OBAMA @ GALLERY XIV By MATTHEW NASH I guess after years of hearing about Republican candidates as the next incarnation of Reagan, John Wayne, or Jesus, it’s nice to see a Democratic candidate get a little action. Thus, Ron…
LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY ART GALLERIES By Rita Lombardi When I tell people in Boston that I lived in Kentucky for 12 years the first thing that crosses most faces is a smirk. Followed by questions about horse racing, bourbon, basketball, and…
A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE By Steve Aishman I love eavesdropping at the gym. There must be something about the testosterone or the endorphins at the gym that acts like truth serum. Suddenly, when pushed to a point of exhaustion,…
KATIE BETHUNE-LEAMEN @ TORONTO’S SCULPTURE GARDEN By Jennifer McMackon In a minute or two the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth and yawned once or twice, and shook itself. Then it got down off the mushroom, and crawled…
ANISH KAPOOR @ THE ICA By Megan Driscoll Anish Kapoor is an internationally acclaimed sculptor with a unique philosophical agenda. Currently, the Institute of Contemporary Art is featuring an exhibition highlighting the artist’s work entitled Past, Present, Future. Kapoor is best…
PAWN BROKERS FOR THE ART WORLD Daniel Grant In the course of a week, Yossi Dina talks to a lot of art dealers and art collectors, movie moguls and real estate investors, all of whom want him to give them…
YOAV HORESH @ STONE CROP GALLERY By Jason Landry You can taste the salt-water of the Atlantic in the air. The weather was at least twenty degrees cooler near the coast. The tides are moving in and out down by the…
5X5 @ TUFTS UNIVERSITY By Karen S. Fegley 5×5 is the fifth in a series of juried summer exhibitions that feature artists who live and/or work in Tufts University’s host communities. This year’s exhibition includes site-specific installations by five local artists:…
By JAMES NADEAU The Nature of a Film Festival: a report from Provincetown. This past weekend I was fortunate to spend some time in Provincetown as a press person for Big, Red and Shiny. If you follow OurDailyRed (the BRS…
MEAT JOY @ THE PIERRE MENARD GALLERY By Christian Holland Nathan Censullo managed to singlehandedly lift what appeared to be half of bovine carcass wrapped in a clear plastic sheet out of his pick-up truck. It was one of the hottest…
DANIEL PETRAITIS @ KELLY & WEBER FINE ART Bruce Campbell The centerpieces of Daniel Petraitis’ exhibition Waste Management at Kelly & Weber Fine Art are five scaled-down dumpsters that replicate the construction and feel of their larger relatives so effectively…
Okay, so day one isn’t quite correct. The film festival started on Wednesday but thanks to my “real” job I couldn’t make it out here until yesterday morning. I got in on the ferry around 10-ish and headed to my…
By Karen Schiff One fine morning at the Harvard Art Museums, at about this time last year, I poked into the Fogg’s ongoing Bernini exhibition, mounted in a cozy room to the left of the entrance. I wanted to check…
This Wednesday kicks off the Provincetown International Film Festival. It is an event not to be missed. I had my very first festival screening there back in 2000 to great acclaim! Screening on a bed sheet in the back room…
By STEVE AISHMAN This last First Friday in Boston had a different air about it. For me it was like watching a family member move to Beijing or having a last drink with a co-worker before they move on to…
By JAMES NADEAU Tom Kalin returns to feature film directing with his new project Savage Grace. Based upon the book by Natalie Robins and Steven M. L. Aronson, the film details the decadence and downward spiral of the wealthy socialite…
By CHELSEY PHILPOT When Mark Morris first staged his interpretation of the 17th century English opera “Dido and Aeneas,” what audience was he trying to reach? Did he intend to seduce opera aficionados with modern dance juxtaposed against familiar sounds?…
By RITA LOMBARDI A fly on the wall of the Bernard Toale Gallery will hear all kinds of speculation about Abelardo Morell’s new work. The image visitors see when they enter the gallery (or walk past it) is a color…
By JON PETRO “I feel like everything I do has something to do with filling up space. I dunno, almost the way I drum is the way I draw: It’s like I’m covering every little space with a beat or…
