With what looks like will be the first #FirstFriday of 2013 without cold winds or precipitation, it’s officially time to celebrate the end of Winter with lots of great new and continuing exhibitions and events. This #FirstFriday, head over to…
It was madness, unlike any other event I’ve ever been to at the Museum of Fine Arts. Of course, I am referring to last week’s Boston performance by Raphael Montañez Ortíz entitled WHAT DOES FLUXES HAVE TO DO WITH IT,…
Our Daily Red is pleased to continue our artist-in-residence series titled Inside Out. Every month, a new guest artist will have access to the platform to publish images and jot down thoughts about inspiration, obsession, creative failures and insights.…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go and see this week: • Events Tuesday April 2 Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Pozen Center for Interrelated…
The phrases “never talk to strangers” and “stranger danger” are so ingrained within our culture that they’ve become part of our lexicon. Amalia Pica knows this all too well, having lived in Argentina at a time when the country was…
In light of the Boston Globe’s recent article by Cate McQuaid on performance art in Boston, I’ve been searching the archives of Big Red & Shiny for coverage of Boston’s finest performance artists and performances through the years. I wasn’t…
This coming October 10-13, TransCultural Exchange’s biennial conference returns to Boston. Since its inception in 1989, the non-profit, spear-headed by artist and pioneer, Mary Sherman, has organized many global exhibition and artist exchanges. The conference has reached its 4th…
To close Women’s History Month, the editors are highlighting the work of (only) 9 daring and talented female artists you might to pay a visit to, virtually, or in person at their nearby studios. Caroline Bagenal, Boston area Toron, 2012…
Process I am fascinated by what was and what will be, by landscapes and the people that inhabit them. I like to imagine what that landscape and the people in it will be like in the future, a future fairytale…
A drawing, mid air. Magically floating just off the ground, with a shadow gracefully leading back up the wall. Stand for a minute, and the pins will wink at you, suggesting sparks from the fire that once turned this…
In his essay The Accidental Audience, Brad Troemel examines the life of the casual Internet user and his or her unwitting relationship to art. The question Troemel poses is, “On Tumblr, users can look at art without even realizing it.…
Liz Lee, Sun Prints Image Courtesy of the Artist A show of alternative-process photos could be anything these days — from the historic analog (chemical) processes to non-standard digital manipulations to printing on atypical materials, and beyond. The PRC’s “Unconventional…
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 March 26 Museum of Fine Arts, Alfond Auditorium, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston Visiting Lecture:…
Our guest on this episode of Studio Sessions is Maximiliano Sinani. Maximiliano earned his undergraduate degree from the Universidad Mayor de San Andres in La Paz, Bolivia, and his MFA from the School of Visual Arts. Maximiliano’s works often involve…
João Ribas maintains that Amalia Pica’s work should be listened to. Other than the clatter of a slide-tray as it works its way around a carousel, this means listening to silence, more accurately, to the white noise of an exhibition…
Upon first graduating from art school I was determined to earn my living as an artist no matter what happened. I didn’t have a back up plan and just went for it, showing my work everywhere, meeting as many…
The Bostonian Society announced on March 18 that it is the recipient of a $14,000 gift from the Boston Duck Tours toward the restoration of the unicorn atop the historic Old State House building. Both symbols of the British monarchy,…
Mark Bradford Father, You Have Murdered Me 2012 102 x 144 inches mixed media collage on canvas Photograph courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Rules against touching the art always seem odd when you consider that most paintings and…
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 March 19 Rose Art Museum, Brandis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA Artist Talk:…
On view this March at Laconia Gallery is an unassuming yet satisfying two-person show featuring the work of Danielle Kelly and Gary LaPointe, both BFA candidates from the Art Institute of Boston. This show explores the poetics of the fragmented:…