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By BIG RED June 1st 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the Mills Gallery for the Artists Foundation Bake Sale- Fundraiser Artists Foundation Mills Gallery Images by James Manning.
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR Art Interactive has announced that Natasha Khandekar has assumed the role of director. She takes the helm of a unique space in Cambridge’s Central Square, and a robust exhibition program. A statement from AI provides some background on Khandekar: Before joining Art Interactive she worked in curatorial in the Art of Europe department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, for almost five years, and in the paintings department at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles for just over three years and was also a…
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR The latest news from 450 Harrison is that the BF Annex/Boston Frame gallery and shop will be closing on July 15th. Although Big RED & Shiny hasn’t seen the announcement that was sent out, a reliable source told us “they want to focus on making their art more and not on running a small business.” We wish them all the best in their future endeavors. Links: BF Annex
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR It is with great sadness that we announce the departure of Gallery Katz. Along with Clifford-Smith Gallery (whose closing was so rapid that Big RED failed to properly eulogize their great work! [1]), Gallery Katz brought unique energy, ideas and artwork to the 450 Harrison complex. Drew Katz was a great supporter of artists, and of Big RED, and we wish him nothing but the best in all his future endeavors. Gallery Katz, on the third floor of 450, was known for formal works, often inpired by…
By KATHLEEN BITETTI The revolution will not be televised Part Two- Fair Trades Means Fair Trade. There has been an explosion of art auctions to raise moneys for non-profit organizations. These organizations repeatedly ask artists to donate their art and/or their time to them for free. Many of these organizations do not support or work directly with artists. Nor do many of them work on issues that directly impact the artist community. As mentioned in The revolution will not be televised Part One- Artists are the working poor of the art world…
By CHARLES GIULIANO In the late 60s and 70s, the dark ages for the arts in Boston, when the Institute of Contemporary Art was the only, struggling, act in town, Stephen D. and Susan Paine, were conspicuous for their enthusiasm and support of contemporary art. With passion and insight he acquired work for the corporate collection of Wellington Management, of which, he was a founding partner, as well as for their private collection. The Paines clearly loved living with art and enjoyed being in the mix of cutting edge artist events. He…
By MATTHEW NASH A while ago I wrote a piece for Contemporary Magazine about the new ICA building and it’s potential impact on the SoWa district, which has finally been published in their 81st issue. In that piece, I wrote: The construction of the new ICA has many looking towards the waterfront as the new art district of Boston. When the ICA opens, there is a commonly-voiced hope that the area around it will blossom, which has some developers thinking big. The most advanced of these plans includes a new arts commerce…
By ROB CLIFFORD In the last issue of Big RED & Shiny, executive editor Rachel Gepner wrote of her time in the SoWa gallery/studio complex. Her piece prompted a range of responses in our Forum, and inspired Rob Clifford of the currently-homeless Clifford-Smith Gallery to draft a six-page reply. Below are his thoughts as they arrived in our inbox. —- Rachel Gepner… we felt your pain. Okay, so we’re not artists. We’re a gallery. A virtual gallery for the moment, taking a hiatus from the exhibition thing for a bit, but we…