Tim McCool Paints Our Marvelous World Of Computers
Tim McCool’s art has often been animated by a sardonic humor, like his greeting cards that read “Best wishes, I guess,” but the Boston artist’s new show isn’t about punch…Continue Reading →
Remembering David A. Lang And His Kinetic Dream Machines
“I’m particularly interested in the unexpected, unanticipated, unlikely events that can often take place in our lives,” artist David A. Lang once said. “David A. Lang: Flights of Fancy,” at…Continue Reading →
Rare Photos By Harold ‘Doc’ Edgerton, Whose Inventions Froze Time
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 →
Hairy Who: Chicago’s Sordid, Goofball, Raucous, Grotesque ‘60s Pop Art
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 →
Everything To See This Winter: Kahlo, Monet, Botticelli, Migration, Bauhaus
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 →
The Original Black Power Mural And A New History Of African American Art From Chicago
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 →
Wonderland’s Most-Read Posts Of 2018
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 →
The Year In Photos: Art And Activism In 2018
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 Best Of Rhode Island Culture: The 2018 Dorrys Awards
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 →
‘Cloud on a Mountain’: Franklin Einspruch’s Comics Poems From Mount Greylock
“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 →