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Civic Culture • Jul 09, 2026

ArtWonk: Nothing Says “Happy Birthday, America” like Attacking the Smithsonian and Violating the Rules of Soccer

News by Kim Córdova

Online • Jul 07, 2026

Tracing Maine’s Artistic Legacies at Farnsworth Art Museum

Review by Jorge S. Arango

A woman is seated in an armchair in a studio featuring crocheted artworks.

Online • Jul 07, 2026

Following the Thread: In Conversation with Celeste Diaz Falzone

Interview by Rene Zhang

Online • Jul 06, 2026

Rania Abdalla Kadafour’s Soft-Relief Sculptures Test the Limits of Legibility

Profile by Garry Nitz

Issue 16 • Jul 02, 2026

Bicentennial Blues, Now

Feature by Brian Boyles

Online • Jun 30, 2026

Beyond Boston: Eleven Summer Exhibitions Worth the Drive

Feature by BAR Editorial

Issue 16 • Jun 29, 2026

The Boston Athenaeum Brings Constantine Manos’s 1970s Photo Archive Back into Focus

Feature by Shuchi Saraswat

Online • Jun 26, 2026

In “Even As We Grieve,” Peter Bruun Invites Us to Turn Toward One Another

Review by Shana Garr

Civic Culture • Jun 25, 2026

ArtWonk: Summertime Brings the World Cup, Tall Ships, and MA250, but Where Are the Arts?

News by Kim Córdova

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

Various spreads from Boston Art Review's Issue 11: Emerge, spread on a grey background

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Issue 16 • Jul 02, 2026

Bicentennial Blues, Now

Gil Scott-Heron’s 1976 set still resonates in Boston fifty years later.

Feature by Brian Boyles

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Online • Jul 07, 2026

Tracing Maine’s Artistic Legacies at Farnsworth Art Museum

Review by Jorge S. Arango


A woman is seated in an armchair in a studio featuring crocheted artworks.

Online • Jul 07, 2026

Following the Thread: In Conversation with Celeste Diaz Falzone

Interview by Rene Zhang


Online • Jul 06, 2026

Rania Abdalla Kadafour’s Soft-Relief Sculptures Test the Limits of Legibility

Profile by Garry Nitz

Civic Culture Desk

Civic Culture • Jul 09, 2026

ArtWonk: Nothing Says “Happy Birthday, America” like Attacking the Smithsonian and Violating the Rules of Soccer

A new White House report targeting the Smithsonian makes clear that museums are only one piece of a much broader cultural policy agenda. Plus: the Creative Space Act reaches a critical moment on Beacon Hill, New York expands arts funding, and labor organizers strike at the Guggenheim.

News by Kim Córdova

Civic Culture • Jun 25, 2026

ArtWonk: Summertime Brings the World Cup, Tall Ships, and MA250, but Where Are the Arts?

The state and city spent months gearing up for what has been promised to be a major tourism boom, but the arts have been left out of the plans at every step. Plus: the state’s highest court strikes down a rent control ballot question, Boston’s FY27 budget heads toward the finish line, Somerville secures affordable artist studios, and Congress threatens the nation’s only dedicated federal arts education grant.

News by Kim Córdova