Beginning in the early 1930s, Harold “Doc” Edgerton’s (1903-1990) invention of the strobe light allowed him to freeze time, offering new insights into motion and how the world works. His…Continue Reading →
In the mid 1960s, Jim Falconer and Jim Nutt—recent graduates of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, who’d met working at Chicago’s Allan Frumkin Gallery (which exhibited H.C.…Continue Reading →
Here’s Wonderland’s guide to the best museum exhibitions to see around Massachusetts this winter… If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support…Continue Reading →
In August 1967, a group of 14 African American artists began painting a 60-foot-wide mural on the side of a run-down tavern at the corner of 43rd Street and Langley…Continue Reading →
Below are Wonderland’s most popular posts of 2018, the ones that brought in the most readers. Thanks everyone for joining me this year! Related: • The Year In Photos: Art…Continue Reading →
Art and activism across Boston and New England as I witnessed it in 2018. All photos copyright 2018 Greg Cook. Pictured at top: Double Edge Theatre’s “Leonora’s World,” Ashfield, Massachusetts,…Continue Reading →
The winners of The 2018 Dorrys—“Rhode Island’s independent culture awards”—were announced some weeks back. Matthew Lawrence of Law And Order Party, the weekly listing of happenings in (or very close…Continue Reading →
“Attention Massachusetts/I have ascended above you,” Franklin Einspruch writes across a watery painting of clouds that opens his book “Cloud on a Mountain: Comics Poems from Greylock.” Comics poetry is…Continue Reading →
“A code is defined as a system for communication or a set of rules to mark, represent or identify something,” curator Alexandria Smith writes about the exhibition “Coded,” on view…Continue Reading →
Shey Rivera—the artistic director of Providence art center AS220 since she took over from c0-founder Umberto Crenca in 2015—will depart the organization at the end of this year, AS220 announced…Continue Reading →