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Online • Apr 28, 2026
Ready, Set, Go: Ten Spring Exhibitions Opening or Closing within Six Weeks
Feature by BAR Editorial

Online • Apr 14, 2026
Gathering Memory, Mapping Diaspora: In Conversation with Kelly Taylor Mitchell
Interview by Jordan Barrant

Online • Apr 14, 2026
Jennie Jieun Lee Transforms Community-Sourced Kilns into Sculptural Installations
Review by Lauren Levato Coyne

Civic Culture • Apr 10, 2026
ArtWonk: Amid a Week of Whiplash, Wu Aims to Slash Arts Budget
News by Kim Córdova

Online • Apr 07, 2026
At the Armenian Museum of America, Arshile Gorky’s Work Returns to Watertown for the First Time Since 1924
Review by Abigail Feliciano

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)

Online • Mar 23, 2026
“Embellish Me” Expands the Narrative of the Pattern and Decoration Movement
Review by Kendall DeBoer

Online • Mar 19, 2026
After Five Years in Brookline, Praise Shadows Reopens in Downtown Boston
News by Lian Parsons-Thomason

Online • Mar 10, 2026
Jonathan González’s “suite for a minor meeting” Performance Carved Out a Delicate Presence
Quick Bit by Gabrielle Mitchell-Bonds

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SubscribeOnline • Apr 28, 2026
Ready, Set, Go: Ten Spring Exhibitions Opening or Closing within Six Weeks
A slate of exhibitions across New England—either just opening or soon closing—offers a brief window into how artists are working through questions of form, memory, and revision this spring.
Feature by BAR Editorial
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Online • Apr 14, 2026
Gathering Memory, Mapping Diaspora: In Conversation with Kelly Taylor Mitchell
Interview by Jordan Barrant

Online • Apr 14, 2026
Jennie Jieun Lee Transforms Community-Sourced Kilns into Sculptural Installations
Review by Lauren Levato Coyne
Civic Culture • Apr 28, 2026
ArtWonk: Budgets, Brouhahas, and Beowolff
Runners took over Boston last week, but an MFA performance drew outsized attention. Now, budget season sets the pace: Boston weighs steep cuts as the state inches funding upward. Peabody Essex Museum’s director departs for the Smithsonian, layoffs hit art media, and Black Market and Minara seek community support to stay afloat.
News by Kim Córdova
Civic Culture • Apr 25, 2026
Mayor Wu’s Cut to FY 2027 Arts Budget Reveals Broader History of Underinvestment in the Arts and Leaves Programs in Limbo
The mayor’s proposed 27 percent cut to the FY27 budget for the Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture, combined with the end of ARPA funding, leaves the future of many arts programs in question. Arts Activate Boston and MASSCreative call on Boston-based artists to testify at a city council hearing on April 30.
News by Kim Córdova