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Members of council are sworn into office.

Civic Culture • May 28, 2026

ArtWonk: Games Are Afoot at City Hall

News by Kim Córdova

A performance feature a water tank and bell takes place at the Venice Biennale.

Civic Culture • May 12, 2026

ArtWonk: Austerity Comes for the Biennale

News by Kim Córdova

Civic Culture • May 04, 2026

Over 150 Artists and Arts Administrators Turn out to Testify at the City Council Ways and Means Budget Hearing as City Council Cites “Limited Power”

News by Kim Córdova

Civic Culture • Apr 28, 2026

ArtWonk: Budgets, Brouhahas, and Beowolff

News by Kim Córdova

Civic Culture • Apr 25, 2026

Mayor Wu’s Cut to FY 2027 Arts Budget Reveals Broader History of Underinvestment in the Arts and Leaves Programs in Limbo

News by Kim Córdova

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

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

News by BAR Editorial

Civic Culture • Nov 04, 2025

ICA / Boston Introduces Artist Pass for Massachusetts Creatives

News by Kim Córdova

Civic Culture

Members of council are sworn into office.

Civic Culture • May 28, 2026

ArtWonk: Games Are Afoot at City Hall

Mayor Wu moves to rein in a City Council faction going rogue over her proposed FY 2027 budget, Lee Pelton’s departure as the Boston Foundation’s president and CEO signals a changing of the guard for New England philanthropy, and LA28’s milquetoast Cultural Olympiad announcement reveals how Boston is failing to include the arts in what it hopes will be a door-buster summer for tourism.

News by Kim Córdova

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Civic Culture • May 04, 2026

Over 150 Artists and Arts Administrators Turn out to Testify at the City Council Ways and Means Budget Hearing as City Council Cites “Limited Power”

News by Kim Córdova


Civic Culture • Apr 25, 2026

Mayor Wu’s Cut to FY 2027 Arts Budget Reveals Broader History of Underinvestment in the Arts and Leaves Programs in Limbo

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

ArtWonk: A New Biweekly Column

A performance feature a water tank and bell takes place at the Venice Biennale.

Civic Culture • May 12, 2026

ArtWonk: Austerity Comes for the Biennale

As the Venice Biennale opens amid protests, austerity, and talk of a collapsing global order, artists and critics debate whether the national pavilion format is obsolete or newly relevant. Back home, Boston’s budget fights continue, Michelle Millar Fisher heads to Cooper Hewitt, young people eye the exits, and La CASA opens in the South End.

News by Kim Córdova

Civic Culture • Apr 28, 2026

ArtWonk: Budgets, Brouhahas, and Beowolff

Runners took over Boston last week, but an MFA performance drew outsized attention. Now, budget season sets the pace: Boston weighs steep cuts as the state inches funding upward. Peabody Essex Museum’s director departs for the Smithsonian, layoffs hit art media, and Black Market and Minara seek community support to stay afloat.

News by Kim Córdova