Gu Wenda’s ‘United Nations’ Of Hair
Chinese born, New York- and Shanghai-based artist Gu Wenda “United Nations,” at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum from April 1 to Nov. 5, 2023, fills the long, narrow, three-story tall atrium…Continue Reading →
Silvia Lopez Chavez Paints ‘Undercurrent’ At Peabody Essex Museum
Silvia Lopez Chavez of Chelsea, Massachusetts, paints “Undercurrent” at the Peabody Essex Museum, March 12, 2022. It will be part of the exhibition “Climate Action: Inspiring Change,” which is due…Continue Reading →
Salem In The Fog
Salem, Massachusetts, in fog. March 12, 2022. If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland by contributing to Wonderland on Patreon.…Continue Reading →
Peabody Essex Director Brian Kennedy Stepping Down After 1.5 Years
Brian Kennedy plans to step down from his position as Director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum on Dec. 31, after leading the Salem institution since July of last…Continue Reading →
Curious Leatherback Turtle Returns To Peabody Essex After 2 Decades In Storage
For decades, the old leatherback turtle lurked large and curious in a dim corner of the Peabody Essex Museum’s natural history galleries, displayed in one of the few places the…Continue Reading →
Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum To Layoff 15% Due To Costs Of Coronavirus
Peabody Essex Museum will layoff 15 percent of its staff–or 38 of 260 people–“in order to sustain museum operations” as it deals with the financial costs of coronavirus, which have…Continue Reading →
How Creative Collective Is Helping Artists And Makers Adapt To Coronavirus
“We’ve made it so people feel like they can make it,” John Andrews, founder and managing director of Creative Collective, told me a couple weeks back. The Salem organization describes…Continue Reading →
In ‘Struggle,’ Jacob Lawrence Reclaimed African Americans’ Place In American History
In February 1953, Time magazine declared Jacob Lawrence “the nation’s (and probably the world’s) foremost Negro painter.” Lawrence was about to embark on what he intended to be a monumental…Continue Reading →
Photos: Lunar New Year at Peabody Essex Museum
Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum hosted its annual Lunar New Year Festival on Jan. 25. It featured performances by the Gund Kwok Asian Women’s Lion Dance Troupe, one of the only all-women…Continue Reading →
Kimsooja Invites You To Roll A Ball Of Clay And Reshape Your Mind
“Archive of Mind” by South Korean artist Kimsooja invites you to sit at a large oval wooden table, spotlit in a darkened gallery at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum, and shape…Continue Reading →