The first artist selfie by Caterina van Hemessen. Two Calls from Big Red and Shiny The Editors of the web-based art journal Big Red and Shiny have issued two calls. 1. The journal is seeking previously unpublished submissions from writers, academics, artists, historians, critics, and theorists to create course syllabi for an upcoming series focused on the practice of … [Read more...]
Janet Echelman, Soaring Over Boston
Janet Echelman, of Brookline, is world renowned for her soaring, ephemeral aerial sculptures. But until now, she's never had a major public art commission in the Boston area. As anyone who has walked through the Rose Kennedy Greenway since May 3rd can tell you, that's changed. Her new work, As If It Were Already Here, suspends one ton of spliced and knotted rope and twine … [Read more...]