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Online • Jun 26, 2026
In “Even As We Grieve,” Peter Bruun Invites Us to Turn Toward One Another
Review by Shana Garr

Online • Jun 24, 2026
Come as You Are: “Better Angels” by Heather Kapplow, June 26–28

Online • Jun 17, 2026
At the New Bedford Whaling Museum, “Look Pleasant, Please” Captures a City Learning to See Itself
Review by Nathan Hilyard

Online • Jun 15, 2026
Curator Grant Wahlquist Brings Ambitious Vision to the Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Profile by Jorge S. Arango

Online • Jun 09, 2026
Come Dream Together on the Summer Solstice and Juneteenth
News by Wagner Foundation (Partner Post)

Online • Jun 09, 2026
At the MFA Boston, Contemporary Artists Turn the Gaze Back on the Museum’s Nudes
Review by Thea Quiray Tagle

Online • Jun 01, 2026
At Pao Arts Center, Ancestors Take Many Forms in “Temple of Our Ancestral Dreams”
Quick Bit by Danni Shen

Online • May 22, 2026
In “Interlaced, Interwoven,” Jewish Ritual and Contemporary Craft Converge
Quick Bit by Emma Breitman

Issue 16 • May 21, 2026
Maine Institutions Dissect the American Semiquincentennial
Feature by Jorge S. Arango

Issue 16 • May 19, 2026
At Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Eve Fowler Turns Language into Form
Review by Alanna Prince

Online • May 08, 2026
Honoring Candelaria Silva-Collins
Feature by Ngoc-Tran Vu and the Creative Entrepreneur Fellows

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SubscribeOnline • Jun 04, 2026
Ten Boston-Area Gallery Shows to Catch This Summer
From hand-knit sculptures and ceramic vessels to photographic archives and urban forests, these ten exhibitions offer a cross section of the artists, materials, and ideas shaping Greater Boston's gallery scene this summer.
Feature by BAR Editorial
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Online • Jun 15, 2026
Curator Grant Wahlquist Brings Ambitious Vision to the Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Profile by Jorge S. Arango

Online • Jun 17, 2026
At the New Bedford Whaling Museum, “Look Pleasant, Please” Captures a City Learning to See Itself
Review by Nathan Hilyard
Civic Culture • Jun 12, 2026
ArtWonk: “Fund Us or Fail Us,” Boston Budget Approval Process Slouches into Chaos
Protesters are arrested during a chaotic Boston budget vote, Trump targets graduate arts programs and censors history at Bunker Hill, a possible hate crime rattles the Museum of African American History, and Maine’s Senate race takes on national significance.
News by Kim Córdova
Civic Culture • Jun 25, 2026
ArtWonk: Summertime Brings the World Cup, Tall Ships, and MA250, but Where Are the Arts?
The state and city spent months gearing up for what has been promised to be a major tourism boom, but the arts have been left out of the plans at every step. Plus: the state’s highest court strikes down a rent control ballot question, Boston’s FY27 budget heads toward the finish line, Somerville secures affordable artist studios, and Congress threatens the nation’s only dedicated federal arts education grant.
News by Kim Córdova