Greg Cook
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VIRTUAL HONK FESTIVAL: SHOWING HOW SOMERVILLE'S CULTURAL PHENOMENON SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD
"The online festival will virtually transport us around the world to see how Honk has manifested across the globe." → Read More
BLM TAG INSPIRES ARTIST’S SOMERVILLE MURAL
In June, Jason “Swat” Talbot was invited to paint a mural on Posto, the pizza place outside Somerville’s Davis Square. Amidst the Black Lives Matter protests, someone had tagged “BLM” on the wall, Talbot says, “really sloppily.” → Read More
DIAS DE CONSUELO
Graphic novelist Dave Ortega recounts his grandmother’s immigration story → Read More
MORE FUN, LESS STRESS: THE ANNUAL REPAINTING OF MARK ALSTON-FOLLANSBEE’S ART CAR
“It was a 1993, I think. I loved that car. It got to be 276,000 miles and the air conditioning went out, and when I took it to my guy who’d kept it running for years he said all the hoses had disintegrated because of old age.” → Read More
SUBTERRANEAN CENTENNIAL
Monthly guide to Boston’s music and arts underground reaches milestone issue → Read More
6,000 PROTEST SIGNS
from the 2017 Boston Women’s March preserved as an online archive → Read More
‘YOU DON’T LOOK HAITIAN’
That’s what people tell Valerie Anselme, but her photos show what Haitians really look like → Read More
Curious Waters, Virtual Grass And Other Digital Apparitions To Play In At Peabody Essex Museum
The exhibition “XYZT: A Journey in 4 Dimensions” by French digital artists Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne features 10 digital installations. → Read More
'Mascots!' Exhibit Asks Why We Care So Much About These Fuzzy, Costumed Sports Characters
“Puppets and masks seem like they’re left over from ancient culture and yet they’re in sports stadiums and amusement parks." → Read More
Thoughts On Art And Life From The Sculptor Of Ducklings In Boston’s Public Garden, Nancy Schön
In her memoir, the 89-year-old recalls growing up around Boston and how she transitioned from making sculptures sold in galleries to creating public art. → Read More
That ‘Iceberg’ In Boston’s Fort Point Channel? It’s A Warning About Global Warming
"Something changing the shape of the planet is almost too massive to comprehend," says artist Gianna Stewart, but she hopes seeing a little chunk on your daily commute will raise eyebrows. → Read More
After Helping Sharecroppers In The South, Eugene Richards Came Home To Boston's Busing Battles — Taking Photos That Launched His Career
"People have to keep a historical record of the world that we’re living in, both good and bad,” Richards says. → Read More
Boston Is A Luxury Utopia That No One Can Afford In Pat Falco’s Satirical Art Show
“Luxury Waters” art installation savages the folks reimaging Boston as a utopia of happy, wealthy white folks living in a downtown condo paradise. → Read More
Artist Creates Inflatable Sculptures That Resemble Clouds Sagging To Earth — And Ponders Big Ideas
“I think of the objects as obnoxious, colorful, loud, living, breathing objects,” Claire Ashley says. → Read More
A Mural To Inspire Hope And Resilience For Those Struggling With Addiction
Tim McCool paints a mural of a sunrise for the home of the Boston Public Health Commission’s addiction recovery programs. → Read More
Photos: The Amazing, Madcap Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race
“We have 10 awards, but only one of them is for being the fastest. There’s also an award for the most epic breakdown. So it’s that kind of race.” → Read More
At MFA, Brookline Artist Annette Lemieux Uses Old Movies To Address Today’s Anxieties
Lemieux uses Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator," Fritz Lang's "M" and François Truffaut's "Fahrenheit 451" in her work, saying "all these issues these films speak of are back full blast today." → Read More
How One Woman Came To Photograph (Nearly) Every Mural Around Boston
In the book "Boston Murals," Arlington photographer Christine Verret documents about 425 of them. → Read More
What's Coming To Galleries And Museums In The Boston Area This Fall
From Georgia O’Keeffe to inflatable sculptures and revelatory photos of African Americans in turn of the 20th century Massachusetts. → Read More
Prestigious Artist Group Defends ICA Exhibit By Artist Behind Controversial Emmett Till Painting
"We wholeheartedly support cultural institutions like the ICA Boston who refuse to bow to forces in favor of censorship or quelling dialogue,” the National Academy group writes. → Read More