Wonderland’s Most-Read Posts Of 2019

Nick Cave's "Augment," Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama, Aug. 7, 2019. (Greg Cook)

December 23, 2019 Greg Cook 0

Below are Wonderland’s most popular posts of 2019, the ones that brought in the most readers and bots. Thanks everyone for joining me this year!

If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland by contributing to Wonderland on Patreon. And sign up for our free, weekly newsletter so that you don’t miss any of our reporting.

"Stop The Abortion Ban" rally at Massachusetts State House, May 21, 2019. (Greg Cook) — “Stop The Abortion Ban” rally at Massachusetts State House, May 21, 2019. (Greg Cook)

25. Photos: ‘Stop The Abortion Ban’ Rally At Massachusetts State House, May 21, 2019.

David A. Lang's 2007 sculpture "Daedalus, On The Other Hand." (Greg Cook) — David A. Lang’s 2007 sculpture “Daedalus, On The Other Hand.” (Greg Cook)

24. Remembering David A. Lang And His Kinetic Dream Machines, Jan 7, 2019.

Mo Willems. (Courtesy R. Michelson Galleries)

23. How ‘Pigeon’ And ‘Elephant & Piggie’ Author Mo Willems Protested In 2018, March 27, 2019.

“Space is the Place Film Still,” 1974, by Jim Newman. “Sun Ra and his mysterious mirror-faced companion in Golden Gate Park. The photo is from the opening sequence of the film in which Sun Ra wanders a lush unspecified planet and outlines his theory on how we can move through space propelled by music, a theoretical way of travel he calls ‘trans-molecularization.’” (Courtesy Portland Art Museum)

22. The Earth Expedition Of Sun Ra, Jazz Visionary And Afrofuturist Pioneer, Jan. 23, 2019.

Ansel Adams, "The Tetons and Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming," 1942, print date: 1950–60, photograph, gelatin silver print. (Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) — Ansel Adams, “The Tetons and Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming,” 1942, print date: 1950–60, photograph, gelatin silver print. (Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

21. Reckoning With Ansel Adams’s Photos Of A Mythic, Pristine American Wild West, Feb. 11, 2019.

Nick Cave's Joy parade, presented with Now+There, in Boston, Sept. 14, 2019. (Greg Cook) — Nick Cave’s Joy parade, presented with Now+There, in Boston, Sept. 14, 2019. (Greg Cook

20. Photos: Nick Cave’s ‘Joy Parade’ In Boston, Sep. 14, 2019.

Maira Kalman, “Misery Day Parade” cover for the Feb. 5, 2001 New Yorker magazine, in “The Pursuit of Everything: Maira Kalman’s Books for Children” at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Nov. 10, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)

19. Maira Kalman: ‘If You Don’t Digress And Go Off The Point, I Think You Miss The Point,’ Nov. 14, 2019.

Moonrise Fae dance in the Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival in Central Square, June 1, 2019. (Greg Cook)

18. Photos: Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 3, 2019.

Optical illusion crosswalk painted by Nate Swain at Medford’s Brooks Elementary School, April 20, 2019. (Greg Cook)

17. This New Crosswalk Is An Optical Illusion To (Hopefully) Slow Cars, April 26, 2019.

A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston's Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook) — A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)

16. Photos: Roman Catholic Easter Pageant Reenacts Jesus’ Execution, April 19, 2019.

Caleb Neelon pains his Ed Emberley "Drawing Books" mural at the Cambridge Public Library's Children's Room, Jan. 17, 2019. (Greg Cook) — Caleb Neelon pains his Ed Emberley “Drawing Books” mural at the Cambridge Public Library’s Children’s Room, Jan. 17, 2019. (Greg Cook)

15. Ed Emberley’s Classic How-To-Draw Books Inspire Cambridge Library Mural By Caleb Neelon, Jan 20, 2019.

Frida Kahlo, "Self-Portrait with Hummingbird and Thorn Necklace," 1940, oil on canvas. (Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) — Frida Kahlo, “Self-Portrait with Hummingbird and Thorn Necklace,” 1940, oil on canvas. (Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

14. How Frida Kahlo’s Visionary Paintings Were Inspired By Mexican Folk Art, Feb. 28, 2019.

Celebrating Holi in an event organized by the Boston University Hindu Student Council, March 30, 2019. (Greg Cook)

13. Photos: Celebrating Holi, The Hindu Festival Of Colors, At Boston University, March 30, 2019.

City Life/Vida Urbana rally to support renters fighting hikes of nearly 50 percent at 33 Park St., Malden, Aug. 3, 2019. (Greg Cook)

12. Tenants Protest After United Properties Hikes Rents Nearly 50 Percent In Malden, Aug. 3, 2019.

Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band performs at Somerville's Quincy Street Open Space as part of the annual PorchFest, May 13, 2018. (Greg Cook) — Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band performs at Somerville’s Quincy Street Open Space as part of the annual PorchFest, May 13, 2018. (Greg Cook)

11. Somerville PorchFest: Wonderland’s Totally Biased Guide To This Saturday’s Music Fest, May 7, 2019.

“The Stuff of Stars,” illustrated by Ekua Holmes and authored by Marion Dane Bauer, 2018. (Candlewick Press)

10. With ‘Stuff Of Stars,’ Ekua Holmes Wins Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, Again, Feb. 2, 2019.

At Harvard Art Museums: Lucia Moholy, "Bauhaus Masters Housing, Dessau (Lucia Moholy and László Moholy-Nagy's living room)," 1927–28. Gelatin silver print with opaque watercolor retouching. (Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum) — At Harvard Art Museums: Lucia Moholy, “Bauhaus Masters Housing, Dessau (Lucia Moholy and László Moholy-Nagy’s living room),” 1927–28. Gelatin silver print with opaque watercolor retouching. (Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum)

9. Bauhaus: ‘The 20th Century’s Most Influential School Of Art, Architecture And Design,’ Feb. 12, 2019.

Dana Chandler photographed in his studio for the postcard for his "The more things change, the more things remain the same, Let My People Go!" retrospective at Massachusetts College of Art, Feb. 23 to March 20, 1987. On the left is his painting "The Beast," 1967-68, and on the right is "The Beast Revisited-Forsyth County, Georgia," 1987. — Dana Chandler photographed in his studio for the postcard for his “The more things change, the more things remain the same, Let My People Go!” retrospective at Massachusetts College of Art, Feb. 23 to March 20, 1987. On the left is his painting “The Beast,” 1967-68, and on the right is “The Beast Revisited-Forsyth County, Georgia,” 1987.

8. How Dana Chandler Brought Black Power To Boston Art, Murals And Museums, Jan. 21, 2019.

Environmental Encroachment from Chicago performs in the Honk Parade, Oct. 13, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)

7. Photos: Honk Parade From Somerville To Cambridge, Oct. 13, 2019.

Nick Cave at "Augment," organized by Now + There, at the Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama, Aug. 7, 2019. (Greg Cook) — Nick Cave at “Augment,” organized by Now + There, at the Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama, Aug. 7, 2019. (Greg Cook)

6. ‘What Brings You Joy?’—Nick Cave Fills Boston Cyclorama With Holiday Inflatables, Aug. 7, 2019.

Kay Nielsen, Concept drawing for Disney's "Fantasia" featuring Chernabog, 1940, pastel and crayon. (Courtesy Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts) — Kay Nielsen, Concept drawing for Disney’s “Fantasia” featuring Chernabog, 1940, pastel and crayon. (Courtesy Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts)

5. Illustrator And Disney Artist Kay Nielsen’s Glittering Fantasies And Difficult Life, Aug. 14, 2019.

"The Handmaid's Tale" television series. (Hulu) — “The Handmaid’s Tale” television series. (Hulu)

4. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: A Walking Tour Of The Novel’s Cambridge Settings, May 10, 2019.

Sculpture by Pavel Mylnikov of Russia at the Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival, Massachusetts, July 27, 2019. (Greg Cook)

3. Photos: Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival, July 27, 2019.

“Resonance,” a mural by Super A (Stefan Thelen), in progress on Boston's Greenway in Dewey Square, April 29, 2019. (Greg Cook) — “Resonance,” a mural by Super A (Stefan Thelen), in progress on Boston’s Greenway in Dewey Square, April 29, 2019. (Greg Cook)

2. First Look At The New Mural Going Up On Boston’s Greenway, April 30, 2019.

Artwork by Yu-Wen Wu of Boston.

1. New $15K Prize For Boston-Area Women Artists. Deadline April 8, March 12, 2019.

Previously:
• The Year In Photos: Art And Activism In 2019
• Wonderland’s Most-Read Posts Of 2018
• The Year In Photos: Art And Activism In 2018
• The Year In Photos: Art And Activism In 2017

If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland by contributing to Wonderland on Patreon. And sign up for our free, weekly newsletter so that you don’t miss any of our reporting.

Categories: Art