Art

Howard Finster. Included in the exhibition "Behind the Brain of a Genius: Finster's Cut-Outs, Dimensions and Molds from the Paradise Garden Archive."

To Spread God’s Word, Howard Finster Created 46,991 Artworks. New Exhibit Reveals Method To His Productivity.

As the story goes, in 1976, when Howard Finster was 60, the Baptist preacher was painting a bicycle when he…

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Photos Of Sea And Sand At End Of Plum Island Lay Bare Nature’s Dazzling Patterns

One of the fascinating things about nature is how patterns repeat—the way, for example, the branching of trees can rhyme…

James Neville at "Neurogenerative Room” at Out of the Blue Gallery, Somerville, Jan. 31, 2024. (©Greg Cook photo)

Healing Via Psychedelics And Abstract Painting?

“I was lucky to discover painting and psychedelics at the same time. I was like, ‘This is what I want…

Seymour Chwast, Illustration for The 12 Circus Rings. (Seymour Chwast Collection, Washington University Libraries, Department of Special Collections. © 1993 Seymour Chwast.)

The Children’s Books Of Celebrated Designer Seymour Chwast

In 1954, Seymour Chwast, along with a handful of friends he’d made while studying art and design at Cooper Union,…

"Above the Fold" at the Cape Ann Museum, 2023. (©Greg Cook photo)

Can You See Into The Soul Of A City Through Its Newspaper?

What can you learn about a community through the eyes of its newspaper? Can you see into its soul? That’s…

"Fashioned by Sargent" at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2023 to 2024. (Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

In John Singer Sargent’s Dashing Gilded Age Portraits, Clothes Signal Prestige, Wealth, Power

The thrill of “Fashioned by Sargent” is 19th century society portrait painter John Singer Sargent’s dashing skill with a brush.…

Itsautaku Waurá, Karapotan Waurá, and Aulahu Waurá, "Atujuwá Masks and Skirts," "Supukuyawa Yuluma Eneju Mask and Outfit," "Spukuyawa Yuluma Toneju Mask and Outfit," and "Pair of Yukuku Masks," 2000, buriti fiber, vine, wool thread, beeswax adhesive putty, metal, wood, annatto and genipap.

‘Véxoa’ Offers Revelatory Look At Brazilian Indigenous Art Today

“Véxoa: We Know,” at the Tufts University Art Galleries Aidekman Arts Center, 40 Talbot Avenue, Medford, from Sept. 5 to…

Lebohang Kganye, (clockwise from top) "Re shapa setepe sa lenyalo II," "Ka 2-phisi yaka e pinky II," "Ke Bala kaka ke apere naeterese II," "Setupung sa kana hae II," 2013.

‘As We Rise’: Photos Of The ‘Beauty And Power Of Black Life’

As a boy, growing up in Windsor, Canada, Kenneth Montague’s parents took him to art exhibits in Windsor and across…

"Divine Providence" at Providence’s WaterFire Arts Center, October 2023.

‘Divine Providence’: Bert Crenca’s Love Affair With The City In All Its Beautiful Messiness

Over the years, Bert Crenca has made lots of art—music and performances, sculptures and wild paintings of people and things…

Howard Finster. Included in the exhibition "Behind the Brain of a Genius: Finster's Cut-Outs, Dimensions and Molds from the Paradise Garden Archive."

To Spread God’s Word, Howard Finster Created 46,991 Artworks. New Exhibit Reveals Method To His Productivity.

As the story goes, in 1976, when Howard Finster was 60, the Baptist preacher was painting a bicycle when he…

Thomas Saltsman's Halloween forest troll on Pleasant Street, Marblehead, Oct. 31, 2023. (©Greg Cook photo)

Giant Troll Takes Over Thomas Saltsman’s Marblehead Driveway

Architect Thomas Saltsman, of the Boston firm SaltsmanBrenzel, has become a sensation for the giant installations that have taken over…

Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park & Museum, Wilson, North Carolina, June 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)

Wonderlands: Visionary And Folk Art Sites Across The U.S.

For several years now, I’ve been making pilgrimages to visionary sites across the United States. Below are a selection of…

Ted Degener (American, b. 1948). Tyree Guyton on the steps of one of the homes included in The Heidelberg Project in Detroit, Michigan, 1997. Archival pigment print. Photo courtesy Ted Degener

Ted Degener Has Spent 50 Years Photographing Creators Of Visionary Art Environments

For more than five decades, Ted Degener—who lives near Cornish, New Hampshire—has driven across the United States photographing more than…

Martin Prekop's Mirror House, Pittsburgh. (Sotheby's International Realty)

Martin Prekop’s Mirror House Is For Sale

The problem was the view. “If you looked out the bathroom window, you looked onto a brick wall,” the artist…

Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (© Greg Cook photo)

At Old Sturbridge Village, 1830s America Comes Alive With Chickens, Sheep, Cows, Pigs

Part of the fun of an old timey living-history museum like Old Sturbridge Village is the feeling that you’ve stepped…

Forward! Marching Band from Madison, Wisconsin, in the Honk Parade, Oct. 8, 2023. (©Greg Cook photo)

Photos: Honk Parade From Somerville To Cambridge

Honk, the annual festival of activist street bands, arrived in Somerville and Cambridge this weekend. Begun here in 2006, the…

Agua, Sol y Sereno performs with youth from Hyde Square Task Force at Boston's Mozart Park, Sept. 15, 2023. (©Greg Cook photo)

Puerto Rico’s Agua, Sol y Sereno Performs With Boston’s Hyde Square Task Force

The theater troupe Agua, Sol y Sereno from Puerto Rico performed and paraded with youth from Boston’s Hyde Square Task…

Procession during the annual Feast of the Madonna Della Cava in Boston's North End, Aug. 13, 2023. (©Greg Cook photo)

Feast Of The Madonna Della Cava In Boston’s North End

The Society of the Madonna Della Cava held their 103 anniversary Feast in Boston’s North End on Aug. 11 to…

J’Ouvert dawn parade during Boston’s Caribbean-American Carnival, Aug. 26, 2013. (©Greg Cook photo)

Photos: J’Ouvert Dawn Parade At Boston Caribbean Carnival

J’Ouvert means “breaking of the dawn,” according to organizers of Boston’s annual Caribbean-American Carnival. The Carnival parade, held this afternoon,…

45th annual Provincetown Carnival Parade: Land of Toys, Aug. 17, 2023. (©Greg Cook photo)

Photos: Provincetown Carnival Parade: Land Of Toys

Provincetown’s 45th annual Carnival Parade danced down Commercial Street from the Harbor Hotel in the East End to the Coast…

Saint Rocco's Feast procession on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (©Greg Cook photo)

St. Rocco Festival Honors Catholic Saint Of Protection Against Illness

In 1929, a group of Italian-Catholic Immigrants formed the Saint Rocco Fraternal Society in the Edgeworth section of Malden, Massachusetts,…

Seymour Chwast, Illustration for The 12 Circus Rings. (Seymour Chwast Collection, Washington University Libraries, Department of Special Collections. © 1993 Seymour Chwast.)

The Children’s Books Of Celebrated Designer Seymour Chwast

In 1954, Seymour Chwast, along with a handful of friends he’d made while studying art and design at Cooper Union,…

Gary Gregory of the Printing Office of Edes & Gill, in the 1715 Clough House o the campus of Boston's Old North Church, Aug. 13, 2023. (©Greg Cook photo)

At Boston’s Old North Church, Reprinting The Dangerous Ideas That Sparked A Revolution

Though the first printing press was imported from Europe into the Americas around 1554, to Mexico City, and Harvard got…

"Small Mercies" by Dennis Lehane, 2023. (Harper Collins)

Amidst ‘70s Boston Desegregation Protests, A Mom Investigates Her Daughter’s Disappearance, In Dennis Lehane’s New Novel

Recommended The folks in Southie might not have money, but at least they take care of their own. That’s the…

From the exhibition "What Might You Do? Christian Robinson" at the Eric Carle Museum, Amherst, 2023.

Christian Robinson’s Books Share The Message Art Gave Him: You Matter

“It’s important for me to tell stories that reflect the diverse world that we live in,” picture book illustrator and…

Colleen Michaels reads from her poetry book "Prize Wheel" at Chianti in Beverly, Jan. 21, 2023. (©Greg Cook photo)

Colleen Michaels Debuts ‘Prize Wheel’ Poetry Collection

Colleen Michaels, founder and host of the Improbable Places Poetry Tour, debuted her first poetry collection “Prize Wheel” (Small Bites…

"Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge" at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Florida, 2020. (©Greg Cook photo)

‘Immersive Storytelling’: Primer For Making The Audience’s Dreams Come True

The idea of “Adventure Thru Inner Space” at California’s Disneyland was that riders were miraculously shrunk down to the size…

Looking and listening for bats at Cambridge's Mount Auburn Cemetery, Sept. 20, 2023. (©Greg Cook photo)

Listening For Bats At Mount Auburn Cemetery

The group of nine of us began looking and listening for bats at Cambridge’s Mount Auburn Cemetery as night fell…

Herring Run at Horn Pond dam, Woburn. (©Greg Cook photo)

Herring Run At Horn Pond

Herring run at Horn Pond, Woburn, Massachusetts. In 2018, new fish ladders and spillways allowed herring to bypass dams on…

Dogwood blooming at Garden In The Woods, Framingham, April 30, 2023. (©Greg Cook photo)

Spring At Garden In The Woods

Garden in the Woods is a 45-acre botanic garden operated by the Native Plant Trust in Framingham, Massachusetts. With more…

Swifty Swine Racing Pigs at the Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)

Pig Racing, Giant Pumpkins And Oxen At The Topsfield Fair

The annual Topsfield Fair in Topsfield, Massachusetts, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 10, 2022, offers giant pumpkins, racing pigs, an…

Bike To The Sea annual ride, June 5, 2022. (© Greg Cook)

Bike To The Sea | Rail-Trail From Everett To Lynn

Join us for Bike To The Sea’s 2022 ride along the Northern Strand Community Trail, from Everett’s Madeline English School…

Maquoketa Caves State Park in Iowa. (© Greg Cook)

Maquoketa Caves | Video Tour

Join us as we visit Maquoketa Caves State Park, 25 miles west of the Mississippi River in northeast Iowa, with…

"Moby Dick" by Plexus Polaire, rehearsal at ArtsEmerson's Emerson Paramount Center, Boston, Jan. 23, 2024. (©Greg Cook photo)

How Puppet Magic Brings Plexus Polaire’s ‘Moby Dick’ To Life

“It’s the perfect way of bringing something back to life,” says Julian Spooner, who plays the narrator Ishmael in Plexus…

Agua, Sol y Sereno performs with youth from Hyde Square Task Force at Boston's Mozart Park, Sept. 15, 2023. (©Greg Cook photo)

Puerto Rico’s Agua, Sol y Sereno Performs With Boston’s Hyde Square Task Force

The theater troupe Agua, Sol y Sereno from Puerto Rico performed and paraded with youth from Boston’s Hyde Square Task…

Little Amal at Dewey Square, Boston, Sept. 7, 2023. (©Greg Cook photo)

Little Amal, Giant Puppet Depicting Refugee Girl, Begins Journey Across U.S.

Little Amal, the internationally famous 12-foot-tall puppet depicting a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl, debuted in Boston aboard the three-masted schooner…

Bread and Puppet Theater performs "The Heart of the Matter Circus" at Cambridge Common, Sept. 2, 2023. (©Greg Cook photo)

Bread & Puppet’s ‘Heart Of The Matter Circus’ In Cambridge

Vermont’s Bread and Puppet Theater brought its “The Heart of the Matter Circus” to Cambridge Common on Saturday as part…

Rehearsing the giant Mother Earth puppet for Bread and Puppet Theater's "The Heart of the Matter" Circus, Glover, Vermont, Sunday, July 30, 2023. (©Greg Cook photo)

Bread & Puppet Circus Coming To Cambridge, Lawrence This Weekend

This weekend Bread and Puppet Theater begins a tour of its “The Heart of the Matter Circus” with shows in…

Bread and Puppet Theater's " Inflammatory Earthling Rants (with help from Kropotkin)."

Bread & Puppet Performs ‘Inflammatory Earthling Rants’ On New England Tour

“Earthlings are now aflame and consequently need inflammatory rants, directed against the arsonist: Western Civilization and its incompetent government,” Bread…

"The Embrace" by Hank Willis Thomas, with assistance from Mass Design Group, on Boston Common, Jan. 19, 2023. (©Greg Cook photo)

MLK Memorial ‘The Embrace’ Unveiled At Boston Common

“This work is really about the capacity for each of us to be enveloped in love, and I feel enveloped…

Fermin Castro's sculpture "We Are Still Listening," 2022, at Symphony Park, Somerville. (©Greg Cook photo)

Deceased Beech Tree Turned Into Statue In Somerville Park

When a massive, old European beech tree at Somerville’s Symphony Park declined into disease, the city’s Parks and Open Space…

Rob “ProBlak” Gibbs at work on his "Breathe Life Together" mural at Dewey Square on Boston's Greenway, June 14, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)

Rob ‘ProBlak’ Gibbs’ ‘Breathe Life Together” Mural On Boston’s Greenway

“My vision is to add to Boston’s skyline in a way that elevates the voices and work of those who’ve…

Moss installation by Heidi Schork and Jerome Jones at Boston's Jamaica Pond to celebrate Frederick Law Olmsted's 200th birthday on April 26, 2022. (Courtesy Heidi Schork)

Olmsted’s 200th Birthday Remembered With Moss Installation At Jamaica Pond

“Gradually and silently the charm comes over us; we know not exactly where or how” reads a moss installation by…

Christmas lights at 403 Lynn Fells Parkway, Saugus. 2021. (©Greg Cook photo)

Best Christmas Decorations Around Greater Boston

Below is Wonderland’s guide to dazzling holiday decorations around greater Boston, from Attleboro to Somerville (listed by community, in alphabetical…

Halloween display at 4 Lake St., Saugus, October 2021. (©Greg Cook photo)

Halloween Displays Around Greater Boston

Some highlights of Halloween displays around Greater Boston for 2021 (listed by community, in alphabetical order). If this is the…