By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR The Berwick Research Institute has announced the deadlines for their Artist In Research Program and the new Public Art Incubator Program. Full information can be found at their website. From the press release: Artist in…
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR Despite the explosion of rumours, speculation, fear, anger and other emotions that ran through Boston last week, the big news is that there is actually NO news. Green Street Gallery will remain open, with the…
By CHARLES GIULIANO January 4, 2006 The formally produced, studio portrait of Elspeth Kinnucan in blue scrubs, holding up snap shots of her two sisters proved to be riveting. She stares out at us with piercing blue eyes that are…
By MATTHEW NASH Here at the start of the new year, I thought I’d take the opportunity to offer a “State of Big RED” report to you, our loyal readers and supporters. 2005 was a big year for us, for…
By BENJAMIN SLOAT William Eggleston has the distinction of being among the most emulated of color photographers. Made famous by his groundbreaking and controversial solo show at MOMA in 1976, his images carry with them the confusion of being simple,…
By KATHRYN ADA DUTOIT “Braun Celebrates 50 Years of Industrial Design: 1955-2005” is currently on view at MassArt’s Bakalar Gallery. Boston is the exhibition’s only US destination; before traveling to Massachusetts, the exhibition was on view at Royal College of…
By MATTHEW NASH Driving home tonight, after watching my friend’s band play at TT’s, I took a detour by the Museum of Fine Arts. Illegally parked in front of that grand building, I started to think about its role in…
By MICAH J. MALONE God, I love lists. Every year publication after publication does it’s “best of” or “Top 10” to be sure everyone knows what important events occurred during the year. Over time I have become enamored with these…
By BIG RED Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the walkthrough/opening of Boston Art Windows, curated by James Hull. Photos by James Manning
By BIG RED December 11, 2005 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at Art Interactive for the closing of GLOWLAB: OPEN LAB. —- Links: Art Interactive Photos by James Manning.
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR via NEWSgrist, via BoingBoing: Friday, December 2, 2005: France about to get worst copyright law in Europe? France may soon enact the worst copyright law in Europe, sneaking it through in a legislative session scheduled…
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR The LEF Foundation has announced the awards for their Contemporary Work Fund. Totalling $303,000, this funding supports a wide range of artists, individuals and projects in New England. PERFORMING ARTS Dance Island Moving Company Funds…
By ANTHONY TUCK Suddenly, there’s an art gallery on South Boston’s West Broadway, just down the street from the Russian-owned liquor store. Next door to the Irish Bakery. You can’t miss it, since it’s the only art gallery on Broadway.…
By MATTHEW GAMBER In elementary school, my sister discarded (or left in my dresser, for whatever reason), an unlicensed Lakers t-shirt. I decided to wear it to school the next day because: A) I discovered it, which was its own…
By CHARLES GIULIANO November 20, 2005 With artist, entrepreneur, publisher, gallerist, Abraham Lubelski, anything that engages his attention and imagination is possible. Five years ago, not long after I launched Maverick Arts Magazine as an eletter, he was one of…
By ROSIE BRANSON GILL Last Friday night the Berwick Research Institute hosted an open studio for their AIR (Artists in Research) residents, Pam Larson and Morgan Schwartz. It was a rare and valuable opportunity to chat with artists about their…
By MICAH J. MALONE Susan Jane Belton’s coffee cups have been annoying me for years. These serial drawings and paintings first reminded me of Warhol soup cans or Jim Dine’s drawings of utensils, except without the precision of Dine or…
By ANNEKA LENSSEN For the month of December, the people of the Boston area can go see art by Palestinian artists in person. The Zeitgeist is billing the exhibit, curated by Samia Halaby (a Palestinian artist herself, now based in…
By MATTHEW NASH Walking down Washington Street to get lunch at New Saigon Sandwich, I looked up at the darkened windows above the corner at Beach Street. My heart gave a little leap, then sank a bit, and I thought…
By BIG RED Candid snaps from the reception for Robin Mandel: Sculpture at Green Street Gallery. Links: Green Street Gallery Images courtesy of James Hull.