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Civic Culture • Apr 08, 2026

Dispute Over Mural of Iryna Zarutska Erupts in Providence as Ties to Right-Wing Funding Surface

Artist Ian Gaudreau claims city overreach, while city officials and LGBTQ community allege the Project Freedom 2025 mural is part of a Musk-funded campaign that uses art to weaponize public space.

News by Matthew Lawrence

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Civic Culture • Feb 24, 2026

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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.

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Civic Culture • Mar 27, 2026

ArtWonk: Building a Bigger Tent for the Arts Ecosystem

A panel on Boston’s arts ecosystem reframes artists’ challenges as shared civic pressures and more from Joseph Zeal-Henry following his appointment as chief of arts and culture. Also in the Wonk: National Arts Policy Alliance names three co-directors, new leadership at BCA and CCVA, dark money enters MA housing debates, and mixed reviews of the Whitney Biennial.

News by Kim Córdova

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Civic Culture • Apr 10, 2026

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

News by Kim Córdova

Civic Culture • Apr 08, 2026

Dispute Over Mural of Iryna Zarutska Erupts in Providence as Ties to Right-Wing Funding Surface

News by Matthew Lawrence

Civic Culture • Apr 03, 2026

“Who Belongs Here?” Guerrilla Protest Projection Critiques MFA Layoffs

News by Marianna McMurdock

Civic Culture • Mar 27, 2026

ArtWonk: Building a Bigger Tent for the Arts Ecosystem

News by Kim Córdova

A man leans up against a wood-paneled wall.

Civic Culture • Mar 23, 2026

Boston’s New Chief of Arts and Culture, Joseph Zeal-Henry, on His Vision for Cultural Policy in City Governance

Interview by Kim Córdova

Civic Culture • Mar 15, 2026

ArtWonk: Praise Shadows Lands in Boston, Ché Anderson to Lead Search for New MCC ED, Art Market Reports, and Dunkin’s Back in the Culture Wars

News by Kim Córdova

Civic Culture • Mar 02, 2026

Art Wonk: Biweekly Reporting from the Frontlines of Art, Culture, Policy, and Politics

News by Kim Córdova

Civic Culture • Mar 02, 2026

Whither Local Art Journalism Amidst the Collapse of the World Order?

Feature by Kim Córdova

Civic Culture • Feb 24, 2026

Brown Faculty Protest Elimination of Bell Gallery Curators in Letter Alleging Governance Violations

News by Kim Córdova

Civic Culture • Jan 31, 2026

MFA Boston Layoffs Thrust the Museum into a Credibility Crisis with Staff and Publics

News by Kim Córdova

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Civic Culture • Dec 23, 2025

The Exit Interview: Mass Cultural Council's Executive Director, Michael J. Bobbitt, on a Pioneering Five Years

Interview by Kim Córdova

A man playing a cello and a woman playing a piano perform on a stage.

Civic Culture • Dec 15, 2025

Listening Together: Yo-Yo Ma, Mayor Wu, and a Hopeful Culture of Democracy

Op-Ed by Jenn Chang

Civic Culture • Dec 12, 2025

New England Foundation for the Arts Receives $17M Unrestricted Gift from MacKenzie Scott

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Civic Culture • Nov 13, 2025

Boston Art Review Names Arts Policy & Civic Engagement Editor

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Civic Culture • Nov 04, 2025

ICA / Boston Introduces Artist Pass for Massachusetts Creatives

News by Kim Córdova

An artist paints a mural from the perch of a forklift.

Civic Culture • Oct 25, 2025

At the State House, Artists Speak Up for Policies to Support Massachusetts’s Creative Economy

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Civic Culture • Oct 16, 2025

Design Studio for Social Intervention on Twenty Years of Social Practice for Civic Engagement

Interview by Kim Córdova