*signage encouraging social interaction, held aloft by assistants at the entrances to Art Basel Returning from the commotion of Art Basel, its “region-wide art week,” and an exploration of Vienna, I’m encouraged to consider the interactive public and private art…
Located in Faneuil Hall, Boston’s tourism epicenter, Pat Falco’s newest installation seems at first glance like the busy hub of any political campaign. Boston Campaign Headquarters, as it is titled, is made up of signs, banners, hats, and pins featuring…
Into the wake of the 2012 Creative Time Summit, held almost exactly one year ago, was cast An Open Letter to Critics Writing About Political Art. According to its co-writers Steve Lambert and Stephen Duncombe, the letter’s addressees were shirking…
On October 22, 1962 in his home in southern France, an aging 81-year old Pablo Picasso watched then U.S. President John F. Kennedy announce the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba capable of reaching American soil. He, like most…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock these past 9 months, you know what’s going down tomorrow. This is Big Red & Shiny’s Get Out the Vote post! First of all, here are two links to where to vote in…
In 1986, the Westin Stamford Hotel in Singapore became the newly crowned “world’s tallest hotel.” Sensing an opportunity to attract Western investors into their market and a chance to appear competitive within the growing world economy, North Korea began construction…
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…