In the background of the preceding post, you’ll see a blue cow statue. Here are a couple of closer views.

Apparently, this is only one of many. They’re part of CowParade New England 2023.

CowParade New England presented by Herb Chambers will bring 75 life-size cows, designed by a range of artists throughout New England, to high trafficked landmarks throughout Greater Boston to celebrate 75 years of progress and impact made possible by the Jimmy Fund community. All proceeds directly benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s efforts to defy cancer.

Stay tuned for our pasture map outlining where to visit the cows this summer and for more information on our virtual auction which will launch in August!

This in turn, is part of a larger effort called simply Cow Parade, which describes itself as follows:

The World’s Largest Public Art Event

CowParade is the largest and most successful public art event in the world. CowParade events have been staged in 80+ worldwide since 1999 including Chicago (1999), New York City (2000), London (2002), Tokyo (2003), and Brussels (2003). Dublin (2003), Prague (2004), and Stockholm (2004), Mexico City (2005), Sao Paulo (2005), Buenos Aires (2006), Boston (2006) Paris (2006), Milan (2007, Istanbul (2007), Taipei (2009), Rio (2011), North Carolina (2013), Hong Kong (2013) and more…

Fun Facts

Over 250 million people around the world have seen one our famous cows.
Over $30 million have been raised through worldwide charitable organizations through the auction of the cows, which take place at the conclusion of each event.
Over 10,000 artists worldwide have participated in CowParade – professional and amateur, famous and emerging, young and old.
Over 5,000 cows have been created!

The cows are all over Boston. You’ll see a couple more in upcoming posts.

Taken with a Sony A6000 and 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 OSS