Greg Cook
Greg Cook is an arts reporter and critic for WBUR.org and The Providence Phoenix. His writing has also appeared in The Boston Phoenix, The Boston Globe, Art New England, Juxtapoz Magazine, Art & Antiques, PoetryFoundation.org and several newspapers in suburban Boston. He is the founder of The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research, which won a 2009 Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.
Cook is a leader in fostering art making in the New England. He oversees the New England Art Awards, an annual open-source, community project to honor art made in the region. He organizes the “Quiet, Please” arts and cultures talks at the Malden Public Library. And his writings sparked a community effort that got Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts to relaunch its Maud Morgan Prize for local women artists in 2011 after the museum neglected to award it for five years.
Cook teaches at Montserrat College of Art. His own pictures have appeared in fancy publications like Nickelodeon magazine, Publishers Weekly and The Believer, and have received honorable mentions in the 2006 and ’07 editions of “The Best American Comics.” He’s exhibited his artwork in Italy, France, Canada, Abu Dhabi, the United States, and the bathrooms of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.
Despite all this apparent liveliness, Wikipedia once declared him dead.
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First Look At New Public Art Proposed For South Station
February 25, 2015
The permanent project aims to honor the significant contributions of women to the transportation industry.
Look What Happens When A Video Artist's Virtual Snow Meets Our Winter Of 2015
February 24, 2015
Boston artist Georgie Friedman projects footage of icebergs and snow onto Holy Cross.
First Look Inside The Boston Library's Astonishing, Colorful Renovation
February 21, 2015
The renovated second floor is sleek, colorful, mod, with lots of sunlight streaming in.
'Slope Fest': Lawn On D's Pop-Up Winter Playground At The Convention Center
February 20, 2015
Try out the two-story tall, 70-foot-long sledding hill.
How A Jilted Mom, A Former Nun And A Shattered Childhood Inspired 'Madeline'
February 17, 2015
Eric Carle Museum exhibit reveals Ludwig Bemelmans styled himself a carefree bon vivant, but his “Madeline” kids’ books were inspired by things gone wrong.
'Get in Trouble' Author Kelly Link Likes Unicorns, Vampires, Broken Hearts
February 14, 2015
Neil Gaiman has said the Northampton author is “probably the best short story writer currently out there.” She speaks at Brookline Booksmith Feb. 16.
Ed Emberley Won Kids Books' Highest Honor, Then He Taught Us All To Draw
February 13, 2015
“Ed Emberley’s Drawing Book of Animals” from 1970 was the first in a long line of how-to-draw books by the Ipswich, Massachusetts, artist that have gone on to sell more than a million copies.
Gardner Museum’s Longtime Director Anne Hawley To Step Down
February 11, 2015
Her tenure is bookended by a 1990 art heist and the 2012 opening of a new wing.
Boston Musicians Waylaid On Way To Grammys Play Impromptu Airport Concert
February 08, 2015
Watch a video of Grammy nominees A Far Cry performing at the Tucson airport this weekend.
Seattle Ballet Loses Super Bowl Bet, Dances To Dropkick Murphys
February 06, 2015
“#goodgamepatriots,” the Pacific Northwest Ballet says on Twitter.
Mush! Human Dog Sled Racing At Lowell ‘WinterFest’
February 24, 2013
It’s sort of like regular dogsled races. Except instead of dogs, four people strap on harnesses to pull sleds.
Panel: Are Arts Relevant In The 21st Century?
February 22, 2013
How to financially sustain existing cultural institutions in an ever more technological world?
Power Cords: ‘Harp Extravaganza’ At Berklee
February 21, 2013
Check out video of five harpists performing a Michael Jackson medley.
Actress Olympia Dukakis Among Those Receiving State Cultural Awards
February 19, 2013
The Commonwealth Awards honor contributions the arts, humanities, and sciences.
Cézanne and Gauguin Side By Side: Which Way Would 20th Century Art Go?
February 18, 2013
Cézanne “very much looks forward to the experiments of the next generation of painters,” says Museum of Fine Arts Assistant Curator Emily Beeny.
Train-ing Ground: Model Railroading in Lexington
February 15, 2013
“For most of us it starts when you’re 3-years-old and you see a train,” says Bob Fallier of the model railroad club Northeast N-Trak, “and it sticks with you for the rest of your life.”
Urban Renewal? Hermann Hesse's ‘The City’ With Puppets
February 14, 2013
“We’re not pooh-poohing urban centers,” says Modern Times Theater puppeteer Justin Lander. “We’re promoting a different pace.”
State Arts Grants Winners Announced
February 14, 2013The Massachusetts Cultural Council awarded $127,500 to individual artists and writers active in crafts, dramatic writing, and sculpture and installation.
Somerville Can Haz Cat Video Fest On Sunday
February 14, 2013
“The response has been crazy,” said Rachel Strutt of the Somerville Arts Council, which is organizing the “Copy Cat Festival.” “The event sold out in 24 hours. And so we had to add a second show.”
An Inside Account Of The Legendary Band Joy Division
February 07, 2013Bassist Peter Hook shares his memories of the band in his new book “Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division.”