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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

Online • Dec 22, 2025

Allan Rohan Crite's Resolve to Document and Inspire Boston’s Black Neighborhoods is Recognized Across Concurrent Exhibitions

Review by Alisa Prince

Online • Dec 15, 2025

Ohan Breiding Stages a Funeral of a Glacier

Quick Bit by Lauren Levato Coyne

A man playing a cello and a woman playing a piano perform on a stage.

Civic Culture • Dec 15, 2025

Listening Together: Yo-Yo Ma, Mayor Wu, and a Hopeful Culture of Democracy

Op-Ed by Jenn Chang

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

A black-and-white photo of members of a collective.

Issue 12 • Dec 09, 2025

The Boston Collective: Assembled at the Right Time and Place

Feature by Martina Tanga

Issue 15 • Dec 09, 2025

Cultivating Plenitude: In Conversation with Tourmaline

Interview by Zach Ngin

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

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Civic Culture • Jan 31, 2026

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

As names and positions of eliminated staff at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston begin to roll in, here’s what we know so far.

News by Kim Córdova

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From the Print Archives

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


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

Recent Roundups

Online • Jan 27, 2026

Fifteen Standout Exhibitions to Catch This Winter

From immersive installations to major retrospectives, these are the exhibitions our editors are most looking forward to in the months ahead, taking place across New England.

Feature by BAR Editorial

Online • Dec 30, 2025

Memorable Cultural Moments of 2025

A handful of Boston's artists, curators, and organizational leaders share the five cultural happenings that stuck with them this year.

Feature by BAR Editorial