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By BIG RED Saturday October 14th 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED exclusive day behind the scenes at the taping of episodes 5 & 6 of the “Art Show Down” game show at Art Interactive. Art Interactive Art Show Down
By BIG RED October 12th 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the opening “Soiree for France: Between Then & Now”, photography and collage by Roland Smart at the French Library and Cultural Center. French Library and Cultural center
By BIG RED Thursday October 12th 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the opening of “Tabitha Vevers: Distant Shores” at Pepper Gallery. Pepper Gallery
By BIG RED October 20, 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at GASP for the show “Option Control Escape” curated by Reese Inman. Gallery Artists Studio Projects (GASP)
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR New York-based group Artadia has announced a new innitiative in Boston to fund artists and new work. In a partnership with local supporters (and Big RED funders) LEF Foundation, Artadia will distribute $55,000 over the next two years, and culminate in an exhibition at the Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery. Artadia currently has programs and awards in Houston, San Francisco and Chicago. From the press release: Lyda Kuth, Director of the LEF Foundation explains, “a program like Artadia not only recognizes talent but connects that…
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR The big question around Boston for the past few months has been “when will the ICA finally open?” Originally scheduled to open on September 17, construction delays forced a postponement of the opening, and a lot of speculation. But, as James Hull pointed out in Big RED #46, “we have waited 100 years for a great new art museum in Boston, we can wait a few weeks longer.” Well, the wait is finally over. The ICA has announced that it will open on December 10! From the…
By THOMAS MARQUET #5: Thomas Marquet’s comic strip about life in a gallery. “The White Cube” comics can be read in series in the Big RED & Shiny Collections section. Thomas Marquet is a cartoonist, sculptor, and critic, based in Brooklyn, New York, which is an admittedly unoriginal place to be pursuing any of these things.
By ANONYMOUS ART DEALER Q: As an Italian artist based in Italy, do you think I have any chance at all to get representation in the U.S.? If so, how should I go about it? A: Dear Italian Artist, Get ready for some brutal truth. We all know how difficult it is to get an exhibition with a local gallery. You certainly decrease your chances as you cross statelines…and oceans. To make your chances worse, some galleries will only show locally based artists. These dealers like the convenience of having the artist…