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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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Online • 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 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

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.

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Online • Jan 20, 2026

At Aunty’s House, Ancestral Mothers Imagine the Future

Review by Elizabeth Maynard

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

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

Online • Jan 27, 2026

Fifteen Standout Exhibitions to Catch This Winter

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