Month: August 2018

African American Master Artists In Residence Program artists and supporters meet in the fourth-floor gallery at the studios at 76 Atherton St., Boston, Aug. 12, 2018. (Greg Cook)

Art Greg CookAugust 13, 2018 0

Northeastern Delays Deadline For Landmark Black Arts Program To Vacate Boston Building, Some Artists Object To Negotiation Ground Rules

Under pressure from Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Northeastern University has again pushed back the deadline for when it says school’s landmark African American Master Artists In Residence Program must vacate…Continue Reading →

Steve Locke's “Three Deliberate Grays for Freddie (A Memorial for Freddie Gray)” at the Gardner Museum, Boston. (Courtesy Gardner Museum)

Art Greg CookAugust 12, 2018 0

Steve Locke Addresses Freddie Gray, The Boston Library And Boston’s Complicity In Slavery In New Public Artworks

Late last month, Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum installed a new public artwork, a giant banner hanging down the facade of its building by Boston artist Steve Locke. It’s titled…Continue Reading →

Winnie-the-Pooh House outside Harvard Science Center, Cambridge, October 2017. (Greg Cook)

Art Greg CookAugust 8, 2018 0

The Man Who Took Care Of Winnie-The-Pooh’s House

Just north of Harvard Yard in Cambridge sits the Harvard Science Building. And just to its left, on its west side facing toward Cambridge Common, is the stump of a…Continue Reading →