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Boston Art Review's Issue 15 magazine cover featuring the artist Tourmaline standing outside of the Stonewall National Monument park in New York City.

Issue 15: Fall/Winter 2025

Tourmaline graces our cover, while inside, Issue 15 explores how memory, preservation, and practice shape what’s happening now—with exclusive artist projects, interviews, and our special Un-monument section. Every issue includes a copy of our brand-new map, Radar.

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Large-format photographs on a black gallery wall.

Online Apr 21, 2026

A Requiem in Light: Ming Smith’s Early Vision

An exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art traces the formative years of Smith’s practice, where photography meets the improvisational logic of jazz.

Review by Jordan Taliha McDonald

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Civic Culture Desk

Civic Culture Apr 10, 2026

ArtWonk: Amid a Week of Whiplash, Wu Aims to Slash Arts Budget

The TACO Tuesday emotional hangover, Mayor Wu shows her cards with proposed cuts to the arts, The Triennial looks to 2028, and why Josh Kline blames New York real estate for the sorry state of art in America.

News by Kim Córdova

Online Aug 07, 2024

A New Mural by Thomas “Detour” Evans Provokes a Conversation About Where Public Art Belongs 

Entitled “Together, We Rise,” the mural on the side of the Joyce Kilmer K-8 school in West Roxbury inspires the community despite local detractors.

News by Oisin Rowe

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