The Bowdoin College Museum of Art has named Frank H. Goodyear III and Anne Collins Goodyear as Co-Directors. The couple, who were married in 2000 will come from Washington, DC where Frank serves as curator of photographs and Anne…
The deCordova has just opened their exhibition Paint Things: beyond the stretcher. Curated by Dina Deitsch and Evan Garza, it sets up a thesis about painting, exploring those painters who have tried to break out of the frame and off…
The relationship between a mentor and mentee is often complex on all kinds of levels. Within any mentoring relationship there can be disagreements, accomplishments, tough love and the inspiration to constantly keep trying. Unlike a teacher/student relationship where one person…
Uttering the phrase “white guilt” is the beginning and the end to a conversation. I know, because I did it a couple of times this week, mostly in the presence of other white people… and I guess therein lies…
Our next guest on the Studio Sessions podcast series is Andrea Evans. Andrea Evans is a 2009 MFA graduate from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and earned a BFA in painting from Arizona State University…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events/screenings/exhibitions/performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see this week: • Events Tuesday January 29 MassArt, Bakalar Gallery, 621 Huntington Ave, Boston Passing Time Matthew Buckingham, Rineke Dijkstra,…
“Poïesis is etymologically derived from the ancient Greek term ποιέω, which means “to make”. This word, the root of our modern “poetry”, was first a verb, an action that transforms and continues the world. Neither technical production nor creation in…
Andrea Fraser suddenly started shaking. From my seat at the very back of the theater, I couldn’t quite tell: was she crying? Sobbing, even? “Don’t cry Andrea,” I murmured. Empathy coursed through me: I was reaching out to her, I…
I remember why I wrote that short paper on Maya Lin for my Introduction to Architecture course in college. I wrote it because I admired Lin’s resiliency during the moments leading up to and after the completion of the…
A field guide to recent (and some ongoing as noted) art exhibitions and events in the greater Connecticut River region. Traveling downstream from north to south: Marlboro, VT: Marlboro College, Drury Gallery, Jen Morris: Enunciate Jen Morris Tucked away in…
What does a tree look like? A child defines it like a lollipop, a green mass perched on top of a sturdy trunk. As we grow older we acknowledge the sinewy link between that trunk and its branches that support…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events/screenings/exhibitions/performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see this week: • Events Wednesday January 23 Boston Cyberarts Gallery, 141 Green St. Jamaica Plain, MA Salon — Audio In…
I’m not really sure where to begin here. At certain times our personal lives drag us far away from the desire to make art, or even to talk about art. But I guess if I am going to write anything,…
Charles White, Trumpet Player, charcoal and gouache on board, 1959-60. Estimate $100,000 to $150,000 The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) plans to auction a significant group of works by African-American artists to benefit its permanent collection, according to…
Excessive enthusiasm for the sensory world can lessen one’s critical edge. But last week at Matt Saunders’ artist talk, my sliding scale of wonder grew a little narrower. In the presence of such discipline and lucidity, I had to…
We’re very pleased to publish our first commissioned video interview, shot and edited by Shane Godfrey and Meg Elkinton. The up-and-coming Aint-Bad Magazine, founded by Taylor Curry, James Jackman, Caitie Moore, and Carson Sanders, may seem like an odd…
Given how warm this winter has been, we’ll have to settle for as best a substitute as we can find for the missing winter weather and talk with artist with the name of Snow instead. Kirk Snow earned a BA…
Call Box 1231 – Photo courtesy of Boston Fire Historical Society. If you’ve stood on a corner in Beacon Hill, the North End, Downtown, the Back Bay or other parts of Boston, you may have noticed one of 2,200…
• Events Wednesday January 16 Boston Society of Architects (BSA), 290 Congress Street, Boston Volume 3 Launch Party of the Wentworth Architecture Review 6-8pm / Free • Exhibitions Thursday January 10 – Saturday February 23* Drive-By Projects, 81 Spring…
By Dr. Milda Richardson Print this article The Art of Mastering Life by Brian Francois Observing to Make Sense by Kerry Rubenstein A Joyous Bundle of Summations by Daniel Horowitz Art Does Not Reproduce the Visible by Libby Leyden-Sussler In…