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Online • Mar 31, 2026

Deconstructing 250 Years of Revolution at the Boston Public Library

Review by Jacqueline Houton

Online • Mar 31, 2026

Michelle Lopez Holds the Line Between Control and Collapse

Review by Marcus Civin

Civic Culture • Mar 27, 2026

ArtWonk: Building a Bigger Tent for the Arts Ecosystem

News by Kim Córdova

Online • Mar 24, 2026

Wagner Foundation Announces 2026 Wagner Arts Fellows

News by Wagner Foundation (Partner Post)

A man leans up against a wood-paneled wall.

Civic Culture • Mar 23, 2026

Boston’s New Chief of Arts and Culture, Joseph Zeal-Henry, on His Vision for Cultural Policy in City Governance

Interview by Kim Córdova

Online • Mar 23, 2026

“Embellish Me” Expands the Narrative of the Pattern and Decoration Movement

Review by Kendall DeBoer

A woman wearing a blue dress stands beside a hanging, framed image of piles of stones.

Online • Mar 19, 2026

After Five Years in Brookline, Praise Shadows Reopens in Downtown Boston

News by Lian Parsons-Thomason

Civic Culture • Mar 15, 2026

ArtWonk: Praise Shadows Lands in Boston, Ché Anderson to Lead Search for New MCC ED, Art Market Reports, and Dunkin’s Back in the Culture Wars

News by Kim Córdova

A performance artist looks at his raised hands in front of a crowd of people.

Online • Mar 10, 2026

Jonathan González’s “suite for a minor meeting” Performance Carved Out a Delicate Presence

Quick Bit by Gabrielle Mitchell-Bonds

Online • Mar 10, 2026

American Artist’s “To Acorn” Seeds Octavia E. Butler’s Fiction into the Present

Review by John A. Tyson

Online • Mar 10, 2026

Announcing the 2026 Emerging Boston Art Writing Fellows

Announcement by BAR Editorial

Civic Culture • Mar 02, 2026

Art Wonk: Biweekly Reporting from the Frontlines of Art, Culture, Policy, and Politics

News by Kim Córdova

Civic Culture • Mar 02, 2026

Whither Local Art Journalism Amidst the Collapse of the World Order?

Feature by Kim Córdova

Civic Culture • Feb 24, 2026

Brown Faculty Protest Elimination of Bell Gallery Curators in Letter Alleging Governance Violations

News by Kim Córdova

Online • Feb 23, 2026

Refuse, Roadkill, and Bodily Relics Survive in "Aftermath"

Quick Bit by Charlie Usadi

Online • Feb 17, 2026

Masako Miki Defangs the Yōkai at MAAM

Review by Alex Valenti

Issue 15 • Feb 10, 2026

“Nature Sanctuary” Finds Meaning in the Living Landscape

Review by Lauren Levato Coyne

A young girl works on a wall mural.

Issue 15 • Feb 03, 2026

States of Consciousness: The Layered Life of Donnamaria Bruton

Feature by Melaine Ferdinand-King

Civic Culture • Jan 31, 2026

MFA Boston Layoffs Thrust the Museum into a Credibility Crisis with Staff and Publics

News by Kim Córdova

Online • Jan 27, 2026

Fifteen Standout Exhibitions to Catch This Winter

Feature by BAR Editorial

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

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Online • Mar 24, 2026

Wagner Foundation Announces 2026 Wagner Arts Fellows

Three artists—Tomashi Jackson, Lucy Kim, and Yu-Wen Wu—will receive unrestricted $75,000 grants supporting socially engaged, culturally innovative practices across the Greater Boston area.

News by Wagner Foundation (Partner Post)

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Online • Mar 31, 2026

Deconstructing 250 Years of Revolution at the Boston Public Library

Review by Jacqueline Houton

Online • Mar 31, 2026

Michelle Lopez Holds the Line Between Control and Collapse

Review by Marcus Civin

A man leans up against a wood-paneled wall.

Civic Culture • Mar 23, 2026

Boston’s New Chief of Arts and Culture, Joseph Zeal-Henry, on His Vision for Cultural Policy in City Governance

Interview by Kim Córdova

Civic Culture Desk

Civic Culture • Mar 27, 2026

ArtWonk: Building a Bigger Tent for the Arts Ecosystem

A panel on Boston’s arts ecosystem reframes artists’ challenges as shared civic pressures and more from Joseph Zeal-Henry following his appointment as chief of arts and culture. Also in the Wonk: National Arts Policy Alliance names three co-directors, new leadership at BCA and CCVA, dark money enters MA housing debates, and mixed reviews of the Whitney Biennial.

News by Kim Córdova

Civic Culture • Mar 15, 2026

ArtWonk: Praise Shadows Lands in Boston, Ché Anderson to Lead Search for New MCC ED, Art Market Reports, and Dunkin’s Back in the Culture Wars

Praise Shadows debuts its Downtown Boston gallery, Ché Anderson will lead the search for Mass Cultural Council’s next executive director, new art market reports hint at a cautious market, and a group of plaintiffs alleges the NEH used ChatGPT to target grants  tied to “DEI.” Also in the mix: a Boston Symphony Orchestra leadership shake-up, Governor Healey wades into a Dunkin’-flavored skirmish, and new Mass Cultural Council convenings on creative space development.

News by Kim Córdova

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