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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

Online • Jan 20, 2026

At Aunty's House, Ancestral Mothers Imagine the Future

Review by Elizabeth Maynard

A gallery hosts sculptures on pedestals and hung on walls.

Online • Jan 20, 2026

Distorted Bodies, Decorative Surfaces: Corran Shrimpton’s “Flesh Flowers”

Review by Melanie Litwin

A woman and dog stand in a barren field.

Issue 14 • Jan 13, 2026

Good Stuff: In Conversation with Lucy R. Lippard

Interview by Michelle Millar Fisher

Issue 15 • Jan 13, 2026

Brooke Stewart’s Courts of Devotion

Interview by Devin Gordon

Issue 15 • Jan 06, 2026

Liz Collins on the Work of Many Hands

Profile by Marcus Civin

Online • Jan 06, 2026

Esteban del Valle Examines Alienation and Excess in “thanks for all the conditional love”

Review by Melanie Litwin

Online • Dec 30, 2025

Memorable Cultural Moments of 2025

Feature by BAR Editorial

A man seated at a table rests his hand on his head.

Civic Culture • Dec 23, 2025

The Exit Interview: Mass Cultural Council's Executive Director, Michael J. Bobbitt, on a Pioneering Five Years

Interview by Kim Córdova

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

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Online • Mar 10, 2026

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

Meticulous drawings, sculptural installations, and a staged rocket experiment bring Butler’s speculative ideas into material form at the MIT List Visual Arts Center.

Review by John A. Tyson

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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

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Issue 14 • Sep 30, 2025

Turning Basil into Beats: How Sound Artist Skooby Laposky Makes Music with Plants

Interview by Jacqueline Houton


Online • Feb 23, 2026

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

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

Kim Córdova of the Civic Culture Desk discusses the launch of new Art Wonk column.

Feature by Kim Córdova

Civic Culture • Mar 02, 2026

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

Governor Healey’s proposed budget includes a 5-percent bump for the arts, Somerville mayor shakes up the city’s arts agency, and Creative Sector Day at the State House returns March 3.

News by Kim Córdova