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Online • Jun 24, 2026

Come as You Are: “Better Angels” by Heather Kapplow, June 26–28

Review by Boston Public Art Triennial (Partner Post)

An artist rests on a ladder in her studio for a portrait.

Issue 16 • Jun 23, 2026

Rixy Reimagines Revolution

Feature by Melaine Ferdinand-King

An installation view shows hanging portraits and a stereoscope.

Online • Jun 17, 2026

At the New Bedford Whaling Museum, “Look Pleasant, Please” Captures a City Learning to See Itself

Review by Nathan Hilyard

Online • Jun 15, 2026

Curator Grant Wahlquist Brings Ambitious Vision to the Center for Maine Contemporary Art

Profile by Jorge S. Arango

Civic Culture • Jun 12, 2026

ArtWonk: “Fund Us or Fail Us,” Boston Budget Approval Process Slouches into Chaos

News by Kim Córdova

A person meditates outdoors on a sunny day.

Online • Jun 09, 2026

Come Dream Together on the Summer Solstice and Juneteenth

News by Wagner Foundation (Partner Post)

Online • Jun 09, 2026

At the MFA Boston, Contemporary Artists Turn the Gaze Back on the Museum’s Nudes

Review by Thea Quiray Tagle

Online • Jun 04, 2026

Ten Boston-Area Gallery Shows to Catch This Summer

Feature by BAR Editorial

An installation view depicts a hanging heart sculpture and paper birds.

Online • Jun 01, 2026

 At Pao Arts Center, Ancestors Take Many Forms in “Temple of Our Ancestral Dreams”

Quick Bit by Danni Shen

Members of council are sworn into office.

Civic Culture • May 28, 2026

ArtWonk: Games Are Afoot at City Hall

News by Kim Córdova

Online • May 22, 2026

In “Interlaced, Interwoven,” Jewish Ritual and Contemporary Craft Converge

Quick Bit by Emma Breitman

Issue 16 • May 21, 2026

Maine Institutions Dissect the American Semiquincentennial

Feature by Jorge S. Arango

Online • May 20, 2026

In Photos: The Boston Art Review Issue 16 Launch Party

Feature by BAR Editorial

An artist works on a clay sculpture in her studio.

Issue 16 • May 19, 2026

Ornament as Argument: In Conversation with Chenlu Hou

Interview by Emmy Liu

Acrylic on canvas paintings line a gallery wall.

Issue 16 • May 19, 2026

At Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Eve Fowler Turns Language into Form

Review by Alanna Prince

Issue 16 • May 18, 2026

At Peabody Essex Museum, “Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone” Reconstructs a Life Across Fragments

Review by Elodie Saint-Louis

A performance feature a water tank and bell takes place at the Venice Biennale.

Civic Culture • May 12, 2026

ArtWonk: Austerity Comes for the Biennale

News by Kim Córdova

Online • May 08, 2026

Honoring Candelaria Silva-Collins

Feature by Ngoc-Tran Vu and the Creative Entrepreneur Fellows

A large black-and-white landscape photo is surrounded by smaller portraits on a gallery wall.

Online • May 05, 2026

“Ripples in Still Water” Witnesses Community

Quick Bit by Rene Zhang

A storefront gallery boasts a neon sign and artworks that conjure the ocean.

Online • May 05, 2026

Joanna Tam Plumbs the Ocean in “when blue meets blue”

Quick Bit by Garry Nitz

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Online • Jun 04, 2026

Ten Boston-Area Gallery Shows to Catch This Summer

From hand-knit sculptures and ceramic vessels to photographic archives and urban forests, these ten exhibitions offer a cross section of the artists, materials, and ideas shaping Greater Boston's gallery scene this summer.

Feature by BAR Editorial

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An artist rests on a ladder in her studio for a portrait.

Issue 16 • Jun 23, 2026

Rixy Reimagines Revolution

Feature by Melaine Ferdinand-King


Online • Jun 15, 2026

Curator Grant Wahlquist Brings Ambitious Vision to the Center for Maine Contemporary Art

Profile by Jorge S. Arango


An installation view shows hanging portraits and a stereoscope.

Online • Jun 17, 2026

At the New Bedford Whaling Museum, “Look Pleasant, Please” Captures a City Learning to See Itself

Review by Nathan Hilyard

Civic Culture Desk

Civic Culture • Jun 12, 2026

ArtWonk: “Fund Us or Fail Us,” Boston Budget Approval Process Slouches into Chaos

Protesters are arrested during a chaotic Boston budget vote, Trump targets graduate arts programs and censors history at Bunker Hill, a possible hate crime rattles the Museum of African American History, and Maine’s Senate race takes on national significance.

News by Kim Córdova

Members of council are sworn into office.

Civic Culture • May 28, 2026

ArtWonk: Games Are Afoot at City Hall

Mayor Wu moves to rein in a City Council faction going rogue over her proposed FY 2027 budget, Lee Pelton’s departure as the Boston Foundation’s president and CEO signals a changing of the guard for New England philanthropy, and LA28’s milquetoast Cultural Olympiad announcement reveals how Boston is failing to include the arts in what it hopes will be a door-buster summer for tourism.

News by Kim Córdova