By BIG RED July 7, 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the First Friday openings in the South End.
By BIG RED June 23, 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at Green Street Gallery for the opening of “David Faust: Detour” Green Street Gallery
By BIG RED July 8, 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town for the opening of PRESENT TENSE, juried by Heidi Martson at artSPACE@16, located at 16 Princeton Road in Malden, MA. Photographs by Steve Aishman. artSPACE@16 MaldenArtsNetwork
By BIG RED Saturday, July 1, 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at Second Gallery for the opening of ‘GRATE’, a multimedia, site-specific installation by Liz Nofziger. Second Gallery Liz Nofziger Images by James Manning.
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR Last issue, we published a piece about a sculpture installed by Matthew Hincman near Jamaica Pond. We reported that his piece had been removed by the city, but that the city was also working to…
By BIG RED You may have noticed, on your way past our welcome page that things look a little different. Sure, we still tell you that we’re big, red & shiny. And there is still a picture. But something is…
By KATHLEEN BITETTI What to do on your summer vacation- Creative Alliance reading/web list I have been making a list of great books and websites for artists and supporters of artists to read this summer (for the record I also…
By CHARLES GIULIANO The sprawling complex of galleries, a cluster of connected industrial buildings of the former Sprague Electric Company in North Adams, Mass. may be described as the visual equivalent of a three ring circus. Currently, the largest space…
By BAD AT SPORTS Tillmans confronts and confounds us with a seemingly endless stream of images, in what undoubtedly must be looked upon as a kind of mediated “stream” of consciousness. A whole life of culled and collected imagery, cloaked…
By BIG RED June 15th, 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town from Boston Young Contemporaries at 808 Gallery, Boston University. 808 Gallery, Boston University Snaps by Ben Sloat & James Manning.
By BIG RED June 9th 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at Art Interactive for the opening reception of the exhibit Urban Networks. Art Interactive Images by James Manning.
By BIG RED June 16th, 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the Rhys Gallery for the opening of Under the Fort. Rhys Gallery Snaps by High Ninja Aishman.
By BIG RED June 1st 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the Mills Gallery for the Artists Foundation Bake Sale- Fundraiser Artists Foundation Mills Gallery Images by James Manning.
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR Art Interactive has announced that Natasha Khandekar has assumed the role of director. She takes the helm of a unique space in Cambridge’s Central Square, and a robust exhibition program. A statement from AI provides…
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR The latest news from 450 Harrison is that the BF Annex/Boston Frame gallery and shop will be closing on July 15th. Although Big RED & Shiny hasn’t seen the announcement that was sent out, a…
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR It is with great sadness that we announce the departure of Gallery Katz. Along with Clifford-Smith Gallery (whose closing was so rapid that Big RED failed to properly eulogize their great work! [1]), Gallery Katz…
By KATHLEEN BITETTI The revolution will not be televised Part Two- Fair Trades Means Fair Trade. There has been an explosion of art auctions to raise moneys for non-profit organizations. These organizations repeatedly ask artists to donate their art and/or…
By CHARLES GIULIANO In the late 60s and 70s, the dark ages for the arts in Boston, when the Institute of Contemporary Art was the only, struggling, act in town, Stephen D. and Susan Paine, were conspicuous for their enthusiasm…
By MATTHEW NASH A while ago I wrote a piece for Contemporary Magazine about the new ICA building and it’s potential impact on the SoWa district, which has finally been published in their 81st issue. In that piece, I wrote:…
By ROB CLIFFORD In the last issue of Big RED & Shiny, executive editor Rachel Gepner wrote of her time in the SoWa gallery/studio complex. Her piece prompted a range of responses in our Forum, and inspired Rob Clifford of…