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Boston Art Review's Issue 15 magazine cover featuring the artist Tourmaline standing outside of the Stonewall National Monument park in New York City.

Issue 15: Fall/Winter 2025

Tourmaline graces our cover, while inside, Issue 15 explores how memory, preservation, and practice shape what’s happening now—with exclusive artist projects, interviews, and our special Un-monument section. Every issue includes a copy of our brand-new map, Radar.

Recent Articles

Civic Culture • Dec 12, 2025

New England Foundation for the Arts Receives $17M Unrestricted Gift from MacKenzie Scott

News by Kim Córdova

Online • Dec 10, 2025

From Ultra-periphery to Center: The Azores’ Walk&Talk Biennial and Fall River’s Fabric Arts Festival

Feature by Emily Mello

Chanel Thervil with Napoleon Jones Henderson inside his Roxbury home.

Online • Dec 10, 2025

Remembering Napoleon Jones-Henderson

Feature by Jameson Johnson

Online • Dec 09, 2025

Hồng-An Trương is Finding Through Lines in the Archives

Quick Bit by Rejeila Sami Firmin

Online • Dec 07, 2025

With “The Lost Paintings,” Palestinian Memory is Made Material Across Two Boston Spaces

Review by Nathan Hilyard

Featured Products

Chanel Thervil and Napoleon Jones-Henderson stand in an artist studio with an array of materials in the background.

Issue 08 • Jun 06, 2022

Face to Face: Napoleon Jones-Henderson & Chanel Thervil

Dell Marie Hamilton introduces a warm and wide-ranging conversation between two masterful, community-minded artists.

Interview by Dell Marie Hamilton

Recent

Online • Dec 09, 2025

Hồng-An Trương is Finding Through Lines in the Archives

Quick Bit by Rejeila Sami Firmin

Online • Dec 07, 2025

With "The Lost Paintings,” Palestinian Memory is Made Material Across Two Boston Spaces

Review by Nathan Hilyard

Issue 14 • Dec 03, 2025

Shades of Belonging in MASS MoCA’s “Dirty & Disorderly”

Review by Rachel TonThat

Recent BAR News

Isolated gift items, including clothing, home wares, and art-making tools, on a patterned background.

Online • Dec 01, 2025

2025 Holiday Gift Guide

A festive round-up of thoughtful objects and creative experiences from Greater Boston’s art and maker community.

Feature by BAR Editorial

Aerial view of an outdoor holiday market.

Online • Dec 01, 2025

Winter 2025 Holiday Markets for Shopping Local in the Greater Boston Area

Your ultimate roundup of holiday markets, pop-ups, and seasonal happenings in the Greater Boston area—over twenty festive stops through December.

Feature by BAR Editorial

Weekly Happenings

Chanel Thervil with Napoleon Jones Henderson inside his Roxbury home.

December 9–16

This week, we're remembering Napoleon Jones-Henderson and his contributions to the Boston arts community

December 2–9

Things you definitely don't want to miss: Our 2025 gift guide, the SMFA Art Sale, and BAR in Miami.

November 25–December 2

It’s a slim week for the Happenings, but we still have fresh content up on the site—including new Indigenous portraits at Quincy Market, Jorge Arango on CMCA’s 2025 Biennial, and more.

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

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