By MATTHEW NASH I’ve been down this road before. It begins with the uncomfortable feeling of leaving culture you understand, glancing nervously at the rear-view mirror as it fades further and further behind you. Eventually, when the city and the…
By CAROLYN FRANKLIN I first saw Nick Rodrigues work in the form of a postcard, which showed him in a suit and tie, walking down the street talking on a cellphone with his “Portable Cellular Phone Booth” over his head.…
By JACQUELINE HOUTON I sit in relative comfort in the climate-controlled gallery, on the bench so thoughtfully provided for me, and yet I am profoundly uncomfortable. I am watching a body slowly tumble down a flight of stairs, shaking the…
A couple of months ago a group of artists got together, dressed up as superheroes and took some pictures. It got a modicum of press around town. We blogged about it back in August. It also sparked a bit of…
By JASON DEAN I saw a Christoph Büchel piece in a building in Chinatown once. I have to describe it as a singular piece because the entire building was literally the work, every corridor, every light, every room had his…
By MICAH J. MALONE Jessie Rose Vala’s exhibition “The Tortuous Veil” is a new series of work based on four enigmatic mythical archetypes: The Werewolf, Vampire, Shape Shifter, and Zombie. While these entities have pervaded pop culture for much of…
By CHRISTIAN HOLLAND Boston: the Red Sox are going to the World Series, the Revolution are in the finals, and the Patriots can’t seem to lose. The harder I search for relevance in the success of Boston’s sports teams to…
By STEVE AISHMAN The Phantom Zone’s Boston Gallery Map The Phantom Zone’s Boston Gallery Map including a suggested 1 mile walking path. Click here to view the full map so you can plot your own walking path! *Note, this is…
By CHARLES GIULIANO The exhibition “Painted Visions: Paintings by Award-Winning Massachusetts Artists” brings a lively and largely familiar body of work to the downtown Gallery 51 of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, Massachusetts. Since MCLA has…
By KATHLEEN BITETTI Greetings! I have decided to dedicated this column to breaking news, Action Need, and Save the Dates announcements. There are two important warnings and two updates for those Massachusetts Residents who do not have health insurance. Make…
By BIG RED Saturday, October 20th, 2007 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at The List Visual Arts Center at MIT for the opening of “Video Trajectories: Selections from the Pamela and Richard Kramlich Collection and the New…
By BIG RED Saturday, October 20th, 2007 Candid snaps from a Big RED day on-the-town at Fort Point Open Studios. The Fort Point Artist Community (FPAC)
By BIG RED Saturday, September 22, 2007 Candid snaps from a Big RED day on-the-town with Platform2 for “Risk: Race, Class, Geography, and Art” – featuring discussions throughout the city by Andi Sutton and Marie Cieri. Platform2
By BIG RED Sunday, September 30th, 2007 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the home (and fabulous collection) of Barbara and Jon Lee for a party to celebrate The Superheroes Project and intended to generate interest and buzz in…
By BIG RED September, 25th, 2007 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at Capital Architectures, featuring photographs by Jim Dow, at the Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University. The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
By BIG RED September 28, 2007 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at Axiom for a reading and event by Dave Wildman, promoting his new project “The Book Of Enemy” The Book Of Enemy
By MATTHEW NASH I just wanted to take a few moments, here at the start of autumn, to open the doors of Big RED to all of you, our loyal Big RED fans. As you know, Big RED is a…
By MATTHEW GAMBER Leaves are changing and tourists flock to New England for the leaves dying and the unique syrup packaging. Assuming nobody is here for the luxury of double parking, what officially is going on around these parts? From…
By CHARLES GIULIANO From the top floor of their brick, industrial building, at 93 Summer Street, in the downtown business district of Adams, Mass. the artists Matthew Belanger and Marianne Petit can see Mount Greylock, the tallest peak in Massachusetts.…
By STEVE AISHMAN Dust – To remove dust (as in cleaning) Dust – To apply dust (as in fingerprinting) Bound – Moving (“I was bound for Chicago”) Bound – Unable to move (“I was bound to my desk”) Buckle -…