Just days after we confirmed that The Rhys Gallery is leaving town, owner Colin Rhys is featured on the cover of Stuff@Night in their “Players 2008” issue. Below is their description of Rhys and his gallery, which is actually quite…
Last night at the opening of the Artadia 2007 exhibition at the Mills Gallery, much of the talk was about the various changes happening in Boston’s commercial gallery scene. There are still a lot of rumors and speculation, but at…
Randi & Beth of Allston-Skirt Gallery sent around the following note today. I thought it was a nice goodbye: Dear Friends, We’re writing to let you know that after nine wonderful years running Allston Skirt Gallery, Beth and I are…
By MATTHEW NASH The last few weeks have seen several important announcements, and much more speculation, regarding the state of the arts in Boston. As we reported on our blog on March 17, Allston-Skirt Gallery will be closing their doors…
By MATTHEW NASH & MATTHEW GAMBER MN: What’s is going on here? MG: I don’t know, you tell me – I opened this thinking you had written something already. MN: That was a note to myself: what the hell is…
By MATTHEW NASH With Projections, Jenny Holzer has truly utilized the full potential of Mass MoCA’s Building 5. Using relatively few elements — light, text, oversized beanbag cushions — she has created an experience that is equally intriguing, soothing and…
The Berwick Research Institute has announced the 2008 residents for their Artist In Research (AIR) program. AIR was created “to support artists involved in the early stages of projects that require investigation, dialogue, and support from an artistic community.” AIR…
Last week I posted about the closing of Allston-Skirt Gallery. Other rumors have been kicking around, some confirmed and others still rumor. Today, Greg Cook has a great post about various gallery moves, changes and closures. The most notable is:…
By MATTHEW NASH This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to…
By MATTHEW NASH On Sunday, March 16th, my students from The Art Institute of Boston will perform Lee Walton’s “Life/Theatre: ICA” at the Institute of Contemporary Art. [1] This piece came about through a collaboration between myself and Rosanna Flouty…
By MATTHEW NASH & MATTHEW GAMBER Ben Sloat’s new exhibition “Death Is Just A Rumor Spread By Life” at Laconia Gallery is an intense and thoughtful exploration of methods and history of photography. By dissecting the very nature of graphing…
Beth Kantrowitz has just confirmed that Allston-Skirt Gallery will be closing their doors. She promised a press release soon. This is a loss to the arts in Boston, and Allston-Skirt will be greatly missed. They were home to many great…
This afternoon I took a short ride on the #39 bus to the Fenway to check out four shows at MassArt and the The School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Overall I was really happy with the experience, and…
Last night, James Nadeau, Christian Holland, Greg Cook and I met to record an episode for Bad At Sports. We used the recent AICA Awards as our starting point for discussing the state of the arts in New England –…
Tonight Platform2 hosted an event dubbed the Failure Support Group for a crowded hall of artists and friends. The event featured a series of artists presenting various failures from their lives. I am proud to admit that I presented a…
By MATTHEW NASH In October of 2006, Big RED & Shiny was included in the PRC|POV exhibition at the Photographic Resource Center. This show featured 30 artists, groups or companies that PRC members considered important for the future of photography…
A few years ago, I was privileged to have my work included on Aspect: The Chronicle of New Media Art, alongside the work of Lee Walton. I knew a little of Lee’s work through his “Lee Walton vs. Shaquille O’Neill”…
Yesterday George Fifield sent along a link to the Arts Action Fund’s ArtVote website, which lists the arts positions of the various presidential candidates. As the field has narrowed, there are really only three or four that are relevant, but…
By MATTHEW NASH The invention of photography in the early nineteenth century is generally held to be the innovation that freed painting from its history as a representational medium and opened the door for a century of Modernist exploration. The…
By MATTHEW NASH Approaching Gallery XIV from the street, one sees five small paintings by Michael Costello in the front window. These are brightly colored and amusingly straight-forward paintings of Sesame Street characters (Elmo, Grover and Ernie), a stack of…