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Civic Culture • Feb 24, 2026

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

BAR Exclusive: Ninety-two faculty members challenge the decision to eliminate Bell Gallery curators Kate Kraczon and Thea Quiray Tagle days before terminations take effect.

News by Kim Córdova

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Civic Culture • Jan 31, 2026

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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

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Issue 13 • Oct 22, 2024

"Alive and Kicking" Packs a Playful Punch at the Colby College Museum of Art

The group exhibition features vibrant surrealist works by Gladys Nilsson, Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, and Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt that toy with the familiar and the obscure.

Review by Maddie Klett

Issue 11 • Dec 21, 2023

"As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic” at Peabody Essex Museum

The international touring exhibition features over one hundred photographs curated from the Wedge Collection of contemporary Black art, synthesizing the magnitude of the Black diaspora while signaling its boundlessness.

Review by Alisa Prince

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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

A man seated at a table rests his hand on his head.

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

News by Kim Córdova

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

News by Kim Córdova

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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