Boston Art Review : Boston's Independent Contemporary Art Publication

Issue 14: Half Full is here! It features 119 pages of conversations, features, and reviews as well as a special insert previewing the Boston Public Art Triennial. Subscribe or purchase your copy today!

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Online • May 08, 2025

In Photos: The Boston Art Review Issue 14 Launch Party

On Saturday, May 3, over 600 guests joined us inside Quincy Market at Faneuil Hall to celebrate our latest print issue at our biggest party of the year.

Feature by BAR Editorial

Body-based artwork covers the wall of a gallery.

Online • May 06, 2025

Multiplicity as Resistance: "Body Politics" at Gallery 263

Quick Bit by Zaryah Qareeb

Online • Apr 22, 2025

Edvard Munch, Reprinted: A Study in Process at Harvard Art Museums

Review by David Curcio

Issue 12 • Apr 16, 2025

Bodies as Geographies, Paper, Mountains: In Conversation with Hong Hong

Interview by Danni Shen

Recent Features

Issue 14 • Apr 28, 2025

Portals to Power: Fabiola Jean-Louis at the Gardner

In “Waters of the Abyss: An Intersection of Spirit and Freedom,” Jean-Louis transposes Black femme futurities onto the colonial walls of the Gardner, turning stillness into subversion and paper into portals.

Review by Thea Quiray Tagle

Issue 14 • May 06, 2025

Hugh Hayden’s “Home Work” Dismantles the Architecture of the American Dream

At the Rose Art Museum, Hayden’s sculptural survey carves through the thorns of US history, braiding together beauty, survival, and the brutal education behind Black selfhood.

Review by Darla Migan