ANDY WARHOL: POP POLITICS @ THE CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART By James A. Nadeau This year has been chock full of Warhol. In 2008 Warhol would have celebrated his 80th birthday. This milestone (if one can call a dead man’s birthday…
WHERE CAN I FIND SOME NEW ART? By Matthew Nash I’m staring at a blank screen, trying to figure out what to write. I want to write that Boston’s alternative scene is non-existant and that young artists have no place to…
2008 ICA FOSTER PRIZE FINALISTS: A CONVERSATION WITH CATHERINE D’IGNAZIO By Matthew Nash On November 12th, the 2008 James and Audrey Foster Prize exhibition opened at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.Catherine D’Ignazio, co-creator of The Institute for Infinitely Small Things…
OH COME ALL YE FAITHFUL By Matthew Gamber Happy holidays to all of our loyal Big RED readers. This holiday season, as the economy takes a nose-dive, we at Big RED know how valuable your money is, and how much…
2008 ICA FOSTER PRIZE FINALISTS: A CONVERSATION WITH JOE ZANE By James A. Nadeau On November 12th, the 2008 James and Audrey Foster Prize exhibition opened at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Joe Zane is one of the four artists…
2008 ICA FOSTER PRIZE FINALISTS: A CONVERSATION WITH RANIA MATAR By Matthew Gamber On November 12th, the 2008 James and Audrey Foster Prize exhibition opened at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Rania Matar is one of the four artists…
MARKETWATCH By Micah J. Malone How are artists affected by a down economy? With artists being both inside and outside of the general market, it is often difficult to gauge the effects a poor economy actually has. On the one hand,…
“THE WHITE CUBE” By Thomas Marquet #39: One way to answer the “What’s Up?” question. But not necessarily recommended. Still, it’s seasonal. Thomas Marquet is a cartoonist, sculptor, and critic, based in Brooklyn, New York, which is an admittedly unoriginal…
FIRST DOUBT @ YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY By Megan Driscoll The work at First Doubt, Yale’s latest contemporary art exhibition plays with our instinct to find the informational detail in a photographic image. Our eyes are put to the test…
A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE By Steve Aishman So I was giving a talk other day and when I was done, I heard someone in the audience say under their breath: “That’s not the way a real artist talks …”…