The Peabody Essex Museum has continued its dynamic contemporary art series, FreePort, now in its sixth iteration, with an installation of Nick Cave’s famed soundsuits. This exhibition goes beyond merely placing the suits themselves in the galleries as sculpture, and…
This is the story of how one student’s year long effort brought solace and joy to a community when it was most needed. In spite of the crystalline air and brilliant sunshine, Tuesday morning was dark for Bostonians near and…
“Entering in this state allows me to increase endurance — prolonging the lasting and going into unknown territory — to discover things, situations or conditions previously unknown.” Verena Stenke and Andrea Pagnes have been working together under the moniker…
Arlette Kayafas with one of the Guerrilla Girls in September 2012. Courtesy of Gallery Kayafas Ten years ago, Arlette Kayafas opened a photography gallery on 450 Harrison Avenue (Thayer Street entrance) becoming what Big Red & Shiny contributor Robyn…
In July of 2011, Michael Oatman, artist and associate professor at Rensselaer’s School of Architecture, gave me a tour of all utopias fell; a project that had opened nine months prior on the grounds of MASS MoCA and will be…
The curators of NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star at the New Museum would have been in their early teens to early twenties in 1993. This may not be such an insignificant fact given the time capsule…
When we talk about ‘occupying’ these days, we might be talking about a number of things—taking up a few seats on a bus, or how long we’ve lived in an apartment—but since Fall 2011, we’ve come to know the verb…
The idea to discuss and document a discourse around New Media began with an innocent admonition of a field that seemed to both encompass and abandon our own practices as filmmakers. The discussion began with a telephone conversation and grew…
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 Thursday April 18* Boston University, Morse Auditorium, 602 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston Contemporary Perspectives…
Last June, after a decade, I left my perch as a senior planner with an architecture and planning firm in Boston. During that time—partly because of my training, partly because of my own inclinations and intuition—I became more and more…
A print sheet. Informal, in the rhetoric of photographers, a behind the scenes glance. Sharpie on the images. Is she editing or playing? She dives to the ground, over a line penned in after the fact. A line that…
One consistent trend we’ve noticed at BR&S is the strength of our local performance art scene. Several of our recent Journal articles have considered performance art: We’ve explored its differences from theater, published numerous interviews with performers, and what will…
Hello and welcome! I’ll be your artist-in-residence for the next few weeks. Sadly, I won’t actually be residing at the offices of BR&S, nor at the domiciles of its affiliates. You are, however, welcome to imagine me warmly nestled just…
By The Editors April 10, 2013 We need your help! We’re running a short 2-minute reader survey with our advertising partner Nectar Ads to better understand our audience. This information will help us understand the types of people visiting our site,…
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 9 April Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Tower Auditorium, 621 Huntington Ave, Boston…
Welcome to the newest episode of Studio Sessions with guest Musa Hixson Musa earned a BFA from Hampton University in Virginia, and an MFA from the Pratt Institute in 1998. The use of circles and spheres is a recurring theme…
Do you write? Do you photograph? Have you been thinking of contributing to Our Daily Red blog but are unsure how to take the next step? Are you curious about what we look for in a writer? Don’t worry…
In the heart of Boston, the New England Holocaust Memorial has stood quietly since 1995. On the Freedom Trail, adjacent to Boston City Hall, and near Faneuil Hall, this memorial is virtually unavoidable by Bostonians and tourists alike. While…
When the work of a former graffiti artist enters the hallowed white box of a museum, almost inevitably there will be cries of “Judas.” Yet another in the ICA Boston’s string of exhibitions dedicated to street, or “outsider” artists, Barry…
At first, I was struck by the geometry of the space in the picture. The bright spotlight holds the walls accountable for its mystery. Rectangles and triangles descend upon each other. A void forms between the two halves of…