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Artwork included in the "States of Becoming" exhibition at McMullen Museum of Art.

Online • Sep 10, 2024

Eleven Art Exhibitions to See in Massachusetts This Fall

Feature by BAR Editorial

Online • Sep 04, 2024

At the Portland Museum of Art, Jeremy Frey's Baskets Conjure the Past While Presenting a Warning for the Future

Review by Kat Zagaria Buckley

A mom and daughter use the Dream Portal Phone Booth as part of the event.

Online • Sep 03, 2024

Department of Public Imagination’s Radical Guide to Rest and Relaxation

Review by Alli Armijo

Online • Sep 03, 2024

At Piano Craft Gallery, Ryan Horton Finds His Footing with "Ego & Insecurities"

Quick Bit by Alisa Prince

Online • Aug 27, 2024

 In “No Place Like Home,” Three Artists Present Fresh Perspectives on the Streets of Arlington

Review by Jacqueline Houton

Online • Aug 27, 2024

Another SoWa Departure: In Conversation with Abigail Ogilvy on the Closure of Her Boston Gallery

Interview by Jameson Johnson

Faces made of paper bags arranged in a grid on a gallery wall.

Online • Aug 24, 2024

Firelei Báez: Unveiling the Pan-African Diaspora

Critical Perspective by Helina Almonte

Online • Aug 20, 2024

Heather McPherson Grasps at Loss, Memory, and Dreams at the Distillery Gallery

Review by Karolina Hac

An artist performs an interactive performance piece.

Online • Aug 13, 2024

Vivid Oblivion's New Performance Series Leaves "Some Kind Of Residue"

Quick Bit by Claire Ogden

An envelope features three colored spots, a purple stamp in the corner.

Online • Aug 12, 2024

Exhibition of Envelopes Addressed by Notable Designers Fills the Drawers at Katherine Small Gallery

Review by Poppy Livingstone

Online • Aug 07, 2024

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

News by Elisa Rowe

Online • Aug 06, 2024

At Gallery Kayafas, Photography that Captures the Agency of the Incarcerated

Quick Bit by Erwin Kamuene

Online • Aug 05, 2024

Karma’s Maine Group Show “A Particular Kind of Heaven” Offers a Century of Skygazing

Review by Jessica Shearer

Online • Jul 30, 2024

Love, Hijinks, and Fragile Groundwork: A Conversation with Ethan Murrow

Interview by Monica Lynn Manoski

From a sea of twinkling bright lights, the tail of a whale appears.

Issue 12 • Jul 26, 2024

Wu Tsang's "Of Whales” Conjures an Otherworldly Oceanscape at a Distance from the Real Thing

Review by Thea Quiray Tagle

Online • Jul 22, 2024

Moko Fukuyama Creates Microcosms From a Tackle Box

Interview by Jess Wilcox

Online • Jul 17, 2024

Two Sides of Summer: "Tara Donovan and Hamish Fulton" at Krakow Witkin Gallery

Quick Bit by Helen Miller

Korean American artist Jean Shin stands beside a large leaning tree stump—one of the pieces she's working on on site at Appleton Farms.

Issue 12 • Jul 17, 2024

A Perch with Purpose: Jean Shin's Salvaged Trees Greet Birds and Visitors at Appleton Farms

Feature by Karolina Hac

Online • Jul 16, 2024

A Revisionist History: Bats! at Peabody Essex Museum

Review by Hilary Irons

Online • Jul 16, 2024

At ODD-KIN, Jungil Hong Defies the Constraints of the Labor of Art-Making

Review by Elizabeth Maynard

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Artwork included in the "States of Becoming" exhibition at McMullen Museum of Art.

Online • Sep 10, 2024

Eleven Art Exhibitions to See in Massachusetts This Fall

Keeping it local this back-to-school season, these are the exhibitions our editors are most excited to see at galleries, museums, and community art spaces across Massachusetts.

Feature by BAR Editorial

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Recent Articles

Online • Sep 04, 2024

At the Portland Museum of Art, Jeremy Frey's Baskets Conjure the Past While Presenting a Warning for the Future

Review by Kat Zagaria Buckley

A mom and daughter use the Dream Portal Phone Booth as part of the event.

Online • Sep 03, 2024

Department of Public Imagination’s Radical Guide to Rest and Relaxation

Review by Alli Armijo

Online • Aug 27, 2024

Another SoWa Departure: In Conversation with Abigail Ogilvy on the Closure of Her Boston Gallery

Interview by Jameson Johnson

Recent Reviews

Online • Sep 03, 2024

At Piano Craft Gallery, Ryan Horton Finds His Footing with "Ego & Insecurities"

In his first solo exhibition, Horton takes his signature line drawing to new surfaces: grillz, furniture, and portraits. 

Quick Bit by Alisa Prince

Online • Aug 27, 2024

 In “No Place Like Home,” Three Artists Present Fresh Perspectives on the Streets of Arlington

 At 13FOREST Gallery, Paul Beckingham, Bonita LeFlore, and Kayla Myers responded to a prompt to paint recognizable locales in the town, but the resulting exhibition offers more than just pretty postcards.

Review by Jacqueline Houton