Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see: / / / / / / / / / / / / Friday June 13 2014 -…
Let me introduce you to J. L. Austin1 and John R. Searle.2 These two guys were like my two best friends in college. Well, them and Stelarc, but Stelarc is kind of a weird guy . . . Anyway, if…
Contemporary art is losing its sheen. This despite the fact that hyper-expensive, hyper-polished sculptures from the studio of artist Jeff Koons fetch double-digit millions from collectors clamoring for ownership of such “tchotchkes.”1 Koons and kindred blue-chip artists certainly believe the…
For many years I have been wrestling with the lack of forward momentum in the critical dialogue surrounding Painting.1 A condition that is somewhat unique to the discipline, since other media or métier2 have successfully evolved beyond the dated confines…
Engaging Audiences panel, May 8, 2014; seated left to right: panel chair Molleen Theodore, Yale University Art Gallery; Tess Korobkin, Yale University Art Gallery; Cyra Levenson, Yale Center for British Art; Luis Croquer, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington; Marla…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see: / / / / / / / / / / / / Clint’s Pick! Tuesday June 10*…
One forgets that the luxuriant and hushed atmosphere in the Isabella Stewart Gardner palace is created in large part by the textiles that adorn its walls. Mrs. Gardner was as fond of collecting European leathers, silks and laces as she…
Boston-based film and video artists Tara Merenda Nelson and Lana Z. Caplan met at The Rose Art Museum to explore the current exhibit by Argentinian-born artist Mika Rottenberg, “Bowls Balls Souls Holes”. Rottenberg conceived and designed her exhibition specifically for…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see: / / / / / / / / / / / / Brian’s Pick! Friday June…
Last week, in a locked room on the upper level of the Boston Athenaeum, I spent an afternoon leafing through the pages of a first edition copy of Francisco de Goya y Lucientes’s Los Caprichos. Bound in 1799 in crimson…
Hello, and welcome to the Studio Sessions interview with guest John Gonzalez. John earned his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2004, and his MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in…
If one uses these forty-plus art students to take the pulse of modern artistic concerns (and why not?), the theme I arrive at is a decidedly domestic one. We have seen The Hoarders, and they are us. Be it photography…
On the wall of Harvey Goldman’s studio hang several prints by the 19th century pioneer of photographic motion studies, Étienne-Jules Marey. Motivated by an obsession with physiology and aerodynamics, Marey sought to reconfigure the photographic apparatus in order to capture…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see: / / / / / / / / / / / / Clint’s Pick! Until Saturday May…
Everything Damien Hirst touches turns to hype. Would he be half as well liked or despised without his carnival of publicity? Much of what has been written about Hirst is unnecessary writing: Journalism and press agentry that will last like…
At the press preview for Chicago in L.A.: Judy Chicago’s Early Work, 1963—74 at the Brooklyn Museum, curated by Catherine J. Morris, Sackler Family Curator, with Saisha Grayson, Assistant Curator, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Judy Chicago recounted…
May Babcock’s recent show at AS220 featured several new works by the mixed media artist who recently relocated to Providence, RI, after living in Baton Rouge, LA, where she attended the MFA program at Louisiana State University. Babcock was and…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see: / / / / / / / / / / / / Monday May 12 – Saturday…
Welcome to Studio Sessions, this time with guest Stephanie Goode. Stephanie earned her BFA in photography from the Massachusetts College of Art in 2004. She is a photographer that has compiled a large body of photographic work that documents pieces…
