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By CHARLES GIULIANO Print this article Yeah right. Try to find a parking space during the jam packed First Friday festivities in the lively, newly expanded, gorgeously renovated and upgraded South End of Boston. Thanks be to Saint Christopher, the patron saint of agnostic travelers, we lucked out and found an empty space. Just steps from our destination. It was a lovely night indeed as every conceivable Boston artist, past, present and future was out and about. Perhaps, including some smart collectors with deep pockets. But I have never been good at…
By JESSICA POSER Print this article The Artists Foundation in the South End presents three solo shows, Free Translation a sculpture installation by Phyllis Ewen, Just Keep Drawing a collection of drawings by Ria Brodell, and Letters in a Coma a video by Jennifer Schmidt. It’s a lot of work packed into a small space, and the artists are notably diverse in style and medium. By far the most compelling work of the three is Jennifer Schmidt’s video piece, Letters in a Coma. Effectively exploring the phenomenon of ‘the uncanny’, the piece…
By BIG RED Print this article November 19, 2004 Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at GALLERY for the opening of EXHIBITION
By BIG RED Print this article On November 20th, in momentous fanfare, the permanent home of the Museum of Modern Art, the David and Peggy Rockefeller Gallery Building, reopened for the first time since its extened facelift. The $425 million building project, designed by architect Yoshio Taniguchi, is built onto the existing structure, doubling the size of the previous building, allowing larger exhibition space for new media and ample storage capacity for the museum’s reputable collection. Entrance into this new architectural wonder carries a price tag of $20, upseting many potential patrons.…
By BIG RED Print this article In January of 2005, Big RED and Shiny will host our first fundraising event at the Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery. We have learned a lot from this past election, and know how important it is to ‘stay on message.’ So, as part of this event, we will host a one-day show called Big RED: Green – featuring artworks on the theme of money. This is where our Big RED fans come in: we want your work. We are accepting submissions for inclusion in…
By BIG RED Print this article Somerville-based arts journal and National Magazine Award winner DoubleTake has ceased publication after failing to support itself for several years. Fundraisers, that included a performance by Bruce Springsteen and a celebrity auction in early 2004, were set to help relaunch the project this fall. However, those fundraisers were not sufficient to handle the growing amount of debt the magazine faced. The presigeous publication devoted to the narratives of the “everyday person” was founded by Harvard University professor and Pulizer Prize winner Dr. Robert Coles. The publication…
By ARTNET Print this article The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass., is launching the Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing, a new annual award designed to recognize art criticism that has broad audience appeal while remaining grounded in scholarship. The prize carries a $10,000 honorarium and an award designed by Tadao Ando; the first winner is to be announced in spring 2006. The new prize is part of a broad series of initiatives by the Clark that celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2005-06. Other highlights include a…
By BIG RED Print this article Alternate Currents’ director Scott Cipolla is initiating a Corporate Lease Program, through which Boston corporations will be able to rent art works. Big Red and Shiny interviewed her. BRS: How was the idea of Alternate Currents’ Corporate Lease Program born? SC: From the beginning of Alternate Currents, I have been thinking about a way to place the artwork of local talent into the offices of downtown Boston. In the past, I have sold pieces to Boston firms but I wanted to do something a little more…