Repainting Mark Alston-Follansbee’s Art Car
Last weekend, we helped Mark Alston-Follansbee in the annual repainting the exterior of his Toyota Camry. Over the years, his cars have been painted with suns and eyeballs, flames and…Continue Reading →
Photos: Southern Journey: Visionary Art, Tourist Traps, Critters
I’m on a camping road trip to the American South to research visionary art environments and tourist traps, waterfalls and caves, history and creatures. I’m going to be posting photos…Continue Reading →
MFA Hires Former Attorney General To Investigate Complaints That Students Faced Racist Treatment
Hoping that “an investigation by an external party could provide greater objectivity and clarity,” Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts has hired former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger to look into…Continue Reading →
‘Walks To The Paradise Garden’: A Long Lost Story Of Pilgrimages To Folk Artists And Visionary Worlds
“Walks to the Paradise Garden: A Lowdown Southern Odyssey” by Jonathan Williams, Roger Manley and Guy Mendes “provides one last look at the artists and place-makers of the Southern United…Continue Reading →
Launching Otto Piene’s ‘Sky Art’ inflatable sculpture ‘Paris Star’
A small crowd gathered in the field across from the Fitchburg Art Museum this afternoon to launch Otto Piene’s “Sky Art” inflatable sculpture “Paris Star” into the air. “It’s always different…Continue Reading →
First Look At Rob ‘ProBlak’ Gibbs’ New Roxbury Mural ‘Breathe Life 3’
“I grew up on Lenox Street, 69 B Lennox St., born and raised,” Rob “ProBlak” Gibbs tells me. “I was traveling between Lenox and Orchard Park housing projects.” He’d wait…Continue Reading →
Craig Bailey’s ‘Faces of AIDS’ Photographs Of ‘My Friends That I Lost ’
In the 1990s, when Boston photographer Craig Bailey began taking the portraits that would become “The Faces of AIDS”—10 black and white photos on view at Medicine Wheel in Boston…Continue Reading →
Everything To See This Summer: Scissors • Murals • Renoir • Woodstock • Corpses • Fairy Tales • Winslow Homer
Here is Wonderland’s guide to the best museum exhibitions to see around New England this summer…. If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate,…Continue Reading →
A Teeny Tiny Bruins V. Blues Hockey Championship At Legoland Somerville
The Legoland Discovery Center in Somerville is routing on the Boston Bruins in their Stanley Cup pro hockey championship run against the St. Louis Blues with Lego depictions of the…Continue Reading →
MFA Bans 2 Visitors, Continues Bias Training After Students Complain Of Racist Treatment
Updated with May 31, 2019, statements from MFA. Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts says it has banned two visitors for making racist comments to seventh graders from Boston’s Helen Y.…Continue Reading →