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By Sarah RushfordOctober 25, 2016 0

An Interview with 13Forest Gallery on Its Tenth Anniversary

Walking along the improved stretch of Mass Ave in Arlington, I saw a couple coming out of the 13FOREST Gallery. They pointed at Mia Cross’s painting Agnes and Avi in the front window. They seemed enamored of the sensitive, experimental…

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By Diana Jean PuglisiOctober 20, 2016 0

Inside/Out: It’s Nice to Talk

I recently had the opportunity to engage in a wonderful conversation with Betty Jarvis, a recent Master’s graduate from the Art History program at Rutgers University. I find that conversations outside of the studio are just as important as your…

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By Stace BrandtOctober 17, 2016 0

Paperweight: An interview with Tory Fair

In the months leading up to Tory Fair’s latest show, Paperweight at VERY gallery, VERY director John Guthrie and I made two studio visits to view the work in progress. On the first occasion, I met John outside a large wooden…

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By Julianna ThibodeauxOctober 17, 2016 2

Intersections: Anila Quayyum Agha

Conceptual art is often too subtle to reach the edges of our preconceptions, or it is so blatant it prevents our own imaginative leaps. Anila Quayyum Agha’s “Intersections” (2012, laser-cut steel, light bulb), recently on view at the Peabody Essex…

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By Sarah RushfordOctober 11, 2016 0

Only what is shown to us, a telling of the “Shifting Space Around Us”

Only what is shown to us is a prompt I used to begin writing about the exhibition I curated, The Shifting Space Around Us, Megan and Murray McMillan at Ortega Y Gasset Projects in Brooklyn (August 27 – September 25, 2016).…

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By Rosie RanauroOctober 11, 2016 0

Real Work: An essay on ableism and art

“I make these when I’m not making my ‘real’ work.” I heard this statement fall out of my mouth and stopped myself, horrified. I was at the opening of the BLAA Summer 2016 exhibit You Think It’s ____, But It’s…

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By Megan GregoryOctober 5, 2016 2

Laying a Foundation: First Light: A Decade of Collecting at the ICA

In First Light: A Decade of Collecting at the ICA, the Museum reframes its own history by showcasing the stories within its collection. The ICA was established in 1936. Yet it only started collecting artworks ten years ago, which coincided with…

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By A. ReidOctober 5, 2016 0

Ethan Hayes-Chute at MIT List Visual Arts Center

Two things are surprising about Ethan Hayes-Chute’s project at the List Visual Art Center: it is much funnier than expected, and it is deeply sincere. The show consists of two primary areas: a work bench serving as a backdrop for…

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By Amy BeecherOctober 4, 2016 0

Review: ¡CAPICÚ! Let Them Eat Cake at Distillery Gallery

Many didactic art exhibitions refer to events that have already happened, appealing to viewers’ collective memory rather than urging collective action. Not so for ¡CAPICÚ! Let Them Eat Cake, which recently closed at The Distillery Gallery. The exhibition, organized by…

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By Silvi NaciSeptember 28, 2016 0

TO BE IS TO BE PERCEIVED: Inside Public Trust

“…the problem lies not whether to reach for either larger or more selective audiences, but rather in understanding for ourselves our own definitions of those groups we wish to speak to, and in making conscious steps to reach out to…

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By Diana Jean PuglisiSeptember 14, 2016 0

Inside/Out: Last Month, Now, Later, Whenever

These are glimpses of my experience and thoughts recorded in my journal from my time as an artist-in-residence at the Vermont Studio Center (VSC) last month. While reading my journal I reflected on what I had been feeling at the time…

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By Leah Triplett HarringtonSeptember 13, 2016 0

Art in Service #4: Documentation

The question of documentation is rooted in the history of the avant-garde. Think of Dadaist or Surrealists recording their work via sound or the nascent technology of film. Think of Hans Namuth filming Jackson Pollock as he dripped his paintings…

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By Farrell Mason-BrownSeptember 7, 2016 0

Interview with Josh Jefferson

Jamaica Plain-based painter Josh Jefferson has recently received a lot of attention for his brightly colored geometric collages and head series. Jefferson will be showing his work at Steven Zevitas in the SoWa district on September 9 and has shows…

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By Jonathan TalitAugust 30, 2016 0

Running Uphill with Julia Csekö

Jonathan Talit recently met with Julia Csekö to discuss her solo exhibition Straight from the Heart – The Rant Series (August 6-27, 2016), made possible with the generous support of the Walter Feldman Fellowship and organized by the Arts and…

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By Lisa CrossmanAugust 30, 2016 0

Art Criticism: Risk Response

“The best art speaks for itself,” someone stated at a recent public discussion about Boston Creates. My immediate internal response was yes, but art also prompts, at times even goads, us to speak or write. I concede that art is,…

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By Maggie CavalloAugust 24, 2016 0

Art in Service: Quality

Since 2013 I’ve been focused—educatively, academically, artistically—on ‘socially-engaged art’ and the idea of learning in public.(1) Over the course of the last ten years, I’ve grown to understand the the site of my own work (as a curator, educator, artist…

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By Leah Triplett HarringtonAugust 23, 2016 0

Chord: Antony Gormley at MIT

Known for his work that confronts the fragile limits of perception and physicality, British sculptor Antony Gormley has confronted the human body throughout his career. In Chord (2015), a new public work permanently on view at MIT, Gormley challenges the…

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By A. ReidAugust 18, 2016 0

MEOW at the Worcester Art Museum

From 1759 to 1763, writer Christopher Smart composed the sprawling poem Jubilate Agno while confined to an asylum. The best-known portion of the text is a 74-line segment in which Smart expounds on the ways that his cat is an…

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By Farrell Mason-BrownAugust 17, 2016 0

Art for Breakfast: Inside Boston Campaign Headquarters

Located in Faneuil Hall, Boston’s tourism epicenter, Pat Falco’s newest installation seems at first glance like the busy hub of any political campaign. Boston Campaign Headquarters, as it is titled, is made up of signs, banners, hats, and pins featuring…

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By Lisa CrossmanAugust 16, 2016 0

Pedro Alonzo: From the Street to World’s End

Earlier this summer, Lisa Crossman sat on the grounds of the Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts with Boston-based independent curator Pedro Alonzo. Alonzo is the Guest Curator for the Trustees Art and The Landscape initiative, which begins its program with Sam…

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