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Online • May 02, 2026
“Persona” Crafts a Lineage of Performed Identity
At the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, “Persona: Photography and the Re-Imagined Self” maps the evolving language of performance, photography, and identity.
Review by Jessica Shearer
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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 • May 02, 2026
To Float like Butterflies: Masha Keryan and Lavaughan Jenkins Recast the Boxer for a Contemporary Moment
Review by Lynne Cooney
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Civic Culture • May 04, 2026
Over 150 Artists and Arts Administrators Turn out to Testify at the City Council Ways and Means Budget Hearing as City Council Cites “Limited Power”
During a four-hour-long public hearing at City Hall, artists and council members called for stronger support for the arts in Boston, but also showed that their political power and policy toolbox come up short in making their vision a reality.
News by Kim Córdova
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
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Online • May 08, 2026
Honoring Candelaria Silva-Collins
Feature by Ngoc-Tran Vu and the Creative Entrepreneur Fellows
Online • May 05, 2026
“A Shell, A Peel, A Pause” Finds Magic in the Everyday
Quick Bit by Christian Jones
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
Civic Culture • Apr 10, 2026
ArtWonk: Amid a Week of Whiplash, Wu Aims to Slash Arts Budget
News by Kim Córdova
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