‘Comics in Color Festival’ Showcases Artists Of Color
The “Boston Comics in Color Festival” showcased comics creators of color with a hall full of comics for sale, talks and live music at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic…Continue Reading →
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Rare Look Into Queer Boston From 1970s to ’90s In Photo Exhibit ‘As the World Burns’
Snapshots of the Boston bar Playland taken by bartender Jim McGrath and friends beginning in 1958 and ’59 show a drag queen leaning on a jukebox under clouds of balloons,…Continue Reading →
Paa Joe’s Fantasy Coffins Are Symbols Of Your Life To Carry You Into Death
In 1960, when Joseph Tetteh-Ashong was 15, he began an apprenticeship in coffin-making with his mother’s cousin, Seth Kane Kwei. The training led Tetteh-Ashong, or Paa Joe, as he’s become…Continue Reading →
Illustrator Edel Rodriguez Is Among Trump’s Fiercest Critics, Exhibition Surveys His Career
Among the fiercest political graphics that appeared during the Trump Administration were Edel Rodriguez’s covers for Time magazine and the weekly German magazine Der Spiegel. In the New Jersey artist’s…Continue Reading →
Director Ben Proudfoot Discusses Technique Behind Oscar-Winning ‘Last Repair Shop’
The striking intimacy in the film “The Last Repair Shop,” which won the 2024 Academy Award for best documentary, begins with the Interrotron. Developed by Cambridge documentary filmmaker Errol Morris,…Continue Reading →
To Spread God’s Word, Howard Finster Created 46,991 Artworks. New Exhibit Reveals Method To His Productivity.
As the story goes, in 1976, when Howard Finster was 60, the Baptist preacher was painting a bicycle when he got paint on his hand and fell into a vision.…Continue Reading →
Photos Of Sea And Sand At End Of Plum Island Lay Bare Nature’s Dazzling Patterns
One of the fascinating things about nature is how patterns repeat—the way, for example, the branching of trees can rhyme with the branching of rivers. This repetition can convince some…Continue Reading →
Healing Via Psychedelics And Abstract Painting?
“I was lucky to discover painting and psychedelics at the same time. I was like, ‘This is what I want to do with my life,’” artist James Neville (pictured above)…Continue Reading →
The Children’s Books Of Celebrated Designer Seymour Chwast
In 1954, Seymour Chwast, along with a handful of friends he’d made while studying art and design at Cooper Union, founded the New York design shop Push Pin Studios. Along…Continue Reading →
Can You See Into The Soul Of A City Through Its Newspaper?
What can you learn about a community through the eyes of its newspaper? Can you see into its soul? That’s was I was trying to figure out on visits to…Continue Reading →