INTERVIEW WITH MARY OTIS STEVENS By Martina Tanga Local architect Mary Otis Stevens might be known to you, especially residents of Lincoln Massachusetts, for a very particular home built in the 1970s not far away from the famous dwelling of the…
FOR MY BEST BELOVED SISTER MIA: JULIA MARGARET CAMERON @ THE PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART By Matthew Nash There is, perhaps, no better known photo album than the one Julia Margaret Cameron created for her sister Mia in the 1860s. Her…
THE HURT LOCKER AND THE CONTEMPORARY WAR FILM By James A. Nadeau War films serve many functions in our society. On a superficial level they are entertainment. They follow the conventions of their genre, which were well established in the early…
A LETTER FROM THE ROAD By Matthew Nash For the last few days, my wife and I have been traveling up the coast of Maine, hitting all the shopping towns along the way: Portland, Freeport, Boothbay Harbor. We are unabashedly tourists,…
THE DECORDOVA’S BIENNIAL: A VERMONTER’S PERSPECTIVE By Marc Awodey On the morning Big RED & Shiny published a blog post about the DeCordova’s 2010 Biennial selections, a Vermont gallerist shot to my publisher and me — I’m Art Critic for…