2 Responses to “St. Peter’s Fiesta 2010”

1. Todd Prussman says:

   June 29, 2010 at 8:20 am

   Great shots, as always, especially the greasy pole grasp. Just awesome…
2. Al Rocksalot says:

   July 19, 2010 at 1:22 pm

   Wow… that grease pole competition looks awesome… great pics!

Talks from our archives

• Lynda Barry, Oct. 2, 2008.
• Eleanor Callahan and Barbara, Nov. 11, 2008.
Nick Cave, Oct. 8, 2007.
• Brian Chippendale, May 16, 2008, part one and two.
• Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Sept. 23, 2008.
• Chuck Close, Nov. 1, 2007.
• Gregory Crewdson, Oct. 29, 2008.
• Lynda Hartigan of the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, July 16, 2008.
• Anish Kapoor, May 27, 2008.
• Dennis Kois, director of DeCordova Museum, June 9, 2008.
• Ernest Morin, July 21, 2008.
• Dan Moynihan, Brookline cartoonist and illustrator Oct. 8, 2009.
• Damian Ortega, Sept. 15,2009.
• Gary Panter, April 11, 2008, and Sept. 20, 2006.
• Martha Rosler, Nov. 21, 2008.
• Stefan Sagmeister, April 25, 2008.
• Neil Salley of the Musée Patamécanique in Bristol, Rhode Island, Aug. 16, 2007.
• Jon Sarkin, July 31, 2008.
• Peter Schumann of Bread and Puppet Theater (pictured above), Aug. 12, 2008, part one, two and three; Jan 23, 2008, part one and two.
• Richard Serra, June 1, 2008.
• Rachel Whiteread, Oct. 14, 2008.

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• Edgar Allen Beem of Yankee Magazine: "Indispensable ... Probably the best regional art site in the country."
• Art Connect: "Cook covers so much ground that you get the feeling that he must be aware of everything that goes on in the New England art scene."
• Wikipedia: One of the "Notable art blogs."
• Drawn & Quarterly blog: The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research is "the best coverage of the New England area art scene out there."
• Modern Kicks: "When it comes to art in New England, the man sees everything. I don't even want to know what the mileage on his car is."
• Joel Brown of HubArts: "Cook has been a veritable Woodward and Bernstein on the Rose."
• Art Fag City: "The most detailed report [on the Rose Art Museum that] I’ve read thus far."
• Online University Reviews: One of the "100 Best Scholarly Art Blogs."
• Sara Agniel: "The Journal is worth adding to your regular reading list."
• Caleb Neelon: "The best regional arts news source out there."
• Yankee Magazine blog: The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research is one of the "Best Art Blogs in New England."
• Ethan Ham: "Excellent."
• Thomas Garvey of The Hub Review: "Thoughtful."
• Geoff Edgers of the Exhibitionist: "Always compelling."
• Boston Photography Focus: "Excellent overview and coverage of the breaking gallery news since the spring as it happened."
• ArtSake: "Incisive analysis of the New England art scene."
• Modern Kicks: "Greg Cook has continued to be on top of the story."
• Anne Elizabeth Moore: "Has excellent taste, and is tracking the SHIT outta the local arts scene."
• Boston Lowbrow: "Who would've thought Cook's unrivalled thoroughness of local gallery coverage would translate so well to investigative journalism."
• Newcritics: "Cook gets it right."
• Robert Castagna: Cook and The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research are the cause of, and solution to, all of Boston art criticism's problems.
• Jon Petro: "Cook's review reads like a sophomoric attempt at art criticism."
• Also our favorite footnote (see 32).