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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, I have to begin with stating the only thing that is on my mind right now, which is that my father, whom I loved dearly, died this weekend. I have no real desire to say anything more than that simple statement of fact, but I do feel compelled to say it over…
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 a statement from the MFA. On February 14, 2013 Swann Auction Galleries in New York City will host its first African-American Fine Art sale of the year, featuring Meeting Place, the first of Norman Lewis’s WPA-era oil paintings to come to auction, and Charles White’s Trumpet Player, a 1959-1960 charcoal and gouache…
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 re-calibrate. Several aspects of Saunders’ talk made it memorable. Naturally, the work had something to do with it. Beyond that, his self-awareness and his generosity towards those present was remarkable. “What is this?” he asked of his own recent work, displayed on the screen, and quoting Mary Kelly’s approach to critique. He…
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 place to start our series given that we are also a publication. As we see it, BR&S speaks about the arts landscape and aims to draw attention to the rich variety of practices and people contributing to that landscape. A-B are, strictly speaking, a Photography magazine. Like us, they launched with the…
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 in Art History from the University of Rhode Island in 2002, a BA in printmaking in 2003, also from the University of Rhode Island, and is a 2011 MFA graduate from the School of the Museum of Fine Art in Boston. Kirk uses performative and sculptural methods to explore ideas stemming from…
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 historic Boston Fire Alarm boxes darting the city’s streetscapes. Painted red and often mounted on top of a classically inspired pedestal–some with a red lens gas light and others with a bright red globe–these ubiquitous fire alarm boxes were once activated via telegraph signal. With the advances in new technologies, the red…
• 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 Street, Watertown, MA Diagram John O’Connor, Janet Cohen, Andrew Mowbray, Kelly Sherman The pieces in the exhibition deconstruct and visualize events, systems, and patterns significant to each artist, whether they are a scheme to decipher the lottery, the plays of the 2004 World Series, mindfully dissected writings, or a toss of the…
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 lieu of a traditional review, for January we bring you a matrix of reviews written by four students from Milda Richardson’s class at Northeastern University. A review is a complicated beast. No one answer can incorporate everything about a show, and no reviewer should ever be considered the only authority on a…