Barbara Morgan’s photographs of American modern dancers in the 1930s and ‘40s are among the most striking and influential ever made. But she didn’t set out to be a photographer.…Continue Reading →
Musicians performing in MBTA subway stations around Boston and Cambridge. Photos copyright 2017 and 2018 Greg Cook. Help Wonderland keep producing our great coverage of local arts, cultures and activism…Continue Reading →
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Fra Angelico, the 15th century Dominican Catholic friar, “was one of the most revolutionary painters of his moment, in part because of the way he told stories,” says Nathaniel Silver,…Continue Reading →
Up past the golden lobby of Providence’s Columbus Theatre, still decorated with vintage posters advertising Verdi’s “La Traviata” and screenings of “The Song of the Soul” and Cecil B. DeMille’s…Continue Reading →
The titles of the paintings in Providence artist Allison Cole’s exhibition “Lost Together” in the Reading Room at AS220’s Project Space gallery in Providence through Feb. 24 begin to tell…Continue Reading →
“I was able to do something maybe wilder than I would have on my own,” the Boston artist Barbara Swan would say about her illustrations for Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston poet…Continue Reading →
The debut of director Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” movie last weekend and its vision of the utopian African nation of Wakanda has sparked black joy around the world. “When I…Continue Reading →
“What would this [Confederate] flag look like if we took it down to its threads?” Sonya Clark wondered. She had made art about the Confederate (battle) flag before. But the…Continue Reading →
Organizers of the annual Honk! Festival of activist street bands had a handful of bands perform at Aeronaut in Somerville yesterday to celebrate festival volunteers and recruit more. Photos copyright…Continue Reading →