By DANIEL GRANT Museums were much in the news in 2007, not necessarily for the happiest of reasons. Would-be donors of valuable artworks complained that limitations on what are called “fractional” gifts (time-sequenced donations with no defined end date and…
By HANNAH COLE I am a reasonably good audience for art. I’m an artist, I go to lots of shows, I occasionally buy art, I’m not overly cynical about the art world, and I’m capable of having the occasional profound…
By JOANNE MATTERA The Mood and the Particulars By all accounts the mood going into Miami was wary. Dealers in general were fearful that the bubble was about to burst, and the smaller dealers were concerned that the greater number…
By DAVID O. AVRUCH Likely owing to my ADD pedigree, exhibitions comprised of nothing but drawings tend to be underwhelming experiences. Inked nudes on textured paper, oversize charcoal portraits, sketches of furniture… Why? Good art can come in any medium,…
By STEPHEN V. KOBASA These woods are dark and deep; but they are not lovely. This is Ori Gersht’s video panorama, The Forest, made in 2005. A stand of trees, indistinct voices, one crack of sound. A hunter, or an…
By CHARLES GIULIANO There was a profound sense of disappointment and loss when it was recently announced that negotiations between the Contemporary Artists Center and the City of North Adams to develop space in the former Notre Dame Church and…
By THOMAS MARQUET #26: Gift Certificates for everyone. “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…
By STEVE AISHMAN “The human brain is a cultural artifact.” –Timothy Taylor Have you ever been standing at the baggage claim watching the luggage go around and you swear that every piece of luggage that comes around looks like yours?…
By BIG RED Friday December 14th, 2007 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the opening of Boston University Student Patrick Short’s BFA exhibition. Patrick Short’s Website
