2013

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By Anulfo BaezOctober 23, 2013 0

Architecture under Threat and On Exhibit: Boston City Hall at the Boston Society of Architects

Boston City Hall is the building Bostonians love to hate the most. As one of architecture’s “ugly” ducklings, Boston City Hall symbolizes the city’s coming of age in the late 1960s. It began in 1961 with a nationwide, juried competition…

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By BR&SOctober 22, 2013 0

Go & See: Tuesday 22 – Monday 28 October

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 October 23 TV Buddha, Nam June Paik…

Articles

By Laura MitchellOctober 22, 2013 0

Art in the Innovation Hub Part 2

In my last post, I discussed Boston’s push to brand itself as an innovation hub and raised questions about the role of art within this context. As I continue the series, I am engaging diverse members of the city’s art…

Interviews

By Matthew KuhlmanOctober 21, 2013 0

Studio Sessions: Devon Clapp

Welcome to the newest episode of Studio Sessions with guest Devon Clapp. Devon earned a BFA in Printmaking from the Montserrat College of Art in 2006, and an MFA in Painting from the Pratt Institute in New York in 2011.…

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By Megan KlarenbachOctober 18, 2013 0

Tap For Art: Charlie Card Activated Installation at Boston Center for the Arts

Fellow commuters, when was the last time you were excited about using your Charlie Card? Probably not when you are scrambling for the last seat on the Red Line, or while cramming yourself onto an overcrowded bus. Most likely not…

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By Leah Triplett HarringtonOctober 18, 2013 0

In Brief: The TransCultural Exchange

Last weekend, hundreds of artists from more than 40 countries convened in Boston for the biennial TransCultural Exchange Conference. Held at Boston University, this year’s TCE, Conference on International Opportunities in the Arts: Engaging Minds, boasted 50 panels with artists,…

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By Natalie AndrewOctober 17, 2013 0

Inside Out: Shelved

Recently, ArtSake posted a couple of blog articles asking artists if they ever set aside works of art that still had potential. Many of the responses struck a chord so I decided to take a look at my own habits…

Articles

By Evan F. SmithOctober 16, 2013 0

Queering the ICA

It’s been a long time coming, but the ICA is beginning to show its true colors. The last few years have seen solo exhibitions by a strong number of female artists, a great many queer artists and people of color,…

Articles

By Clint BacklawskiOctober 15, 2013 0

Go & See: Tuesday 15 – Monday 21 October

By Clint Baclawski October 15, 2013 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 October…

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By Stephen PersingOctober 15, 2013 0

Botero’s Abu Ghraib

My first question is: Why Botero? How did this mild, sometimes trivial artist become the chronicler of darkness? At age 73 Fernando Botero broke out of his benign reputation with a series of 100 works—50 paintings and as many works…

Feature

By Jim KielyOctober 15, 2013 0

Interview with Raúl Gonzalez, Painter, Warrior, Dad

Raúl Gonzalez has caught fire. Now 37 years old and a practicing artist since he was a teenager, over the past few years he has become visible to an increasing number of people through a series of ambitious, well-received exhibitions…

Interviews

By Ben SloatOctober 15, 2013 0

Interview with Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons

Ben Sloat One theme that has always struck me about your work (and seen most recently My Mother Told Me at the Tufts University Art Gallery) is that of impermanence: the impermanence of history, the impermanence of one’s experience, but…

Articles

By William PowhidaOctober 15, 2013 0

There’s Always A Problem, Sometimes there’s a Solution: Internal thoughts from a collective.

Part 1 – Problem1 I have a problem as an artist. My problem is that I cannot afford to pay much more than $2 per square foot for a studio in New York. Really, I can’t afford it at all…

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By BR&SOctober 10, 2013 0

An Opportunity for Young Artists

Why does Boston produce such an immense number of young artists and yet retain so few of them? This is the question that began the call for work for last year’s yBos 1 exhibition at UMB’s Harbor Gallery, which called…

Interviews

By Stephanie CardonOctober 9, 2013 0

Welcome to kijidome

kijidome is the brainchild of Sean Downey, Lucy Kim, Carlos Jiménez Cahua, and Susan Metrican. The four artists are inaugurating their collaborative space at 59 Wareham Street this coming Saturday with an exhibition titled S01E01 which juxtaposes works by Dennis…

Magazine

By BR&SOctober 8, 2013 0

Go & See: Tuesday 8 – Monday 16 October

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 October 8 Malden Public Library, 36 Salem…

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By Laura MitchellOctober 8, 2013 0

Art in the Innovation Hub, Part 1

American cities are having a moment, and Boston is no exception. Throughout the nation, cities are seeking to reinvent themselves (especially in the context of post-industrial soul-searching), and to orient themselves within an economy that is increasingly based on ideas,…

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By Stephanie ArnettOctober 7, 2013 0

Pay Attention to the Woman Behind the Curtain: She Who Tells a Story

It comes as no surprise that a photograph’s value is about access. While some art has the luxury of being unique as an object, a photograph is only as unique as what it represents. It’s a window into a moment…

Articles

By Paul FitzgeraldOctober 4, 2013 0

Artful Adventures: Back to School Special New Hampshire Part Two

Louis Kahn, Class of 1945 Library, 1971. Photo: @clintbaclawski Leave the classroom behind and instead let the tiny town of Exeter, New Hampshire guide you through 300 years of exhilarating American architecture. Begin your walking tour with the magnificent Class…

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By BR&SOctober 4, 2013 0

#FirstFriday: 4 October 2013

This #FirstFriday the ICA Boston hosts Fashion Forward featuring a presentation by Louis Boston, a designer trunk show, and music by DJ Knift and DJ Stenny. While there, be sure to check out their new exhibition Amy Sillman: one lump…

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