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‘Help other artists, and then other artists will help you, too,’ says Joanna Tam

Her "Visibility Studies" project explores how marginalized people navigate society’s danger zones.

Of candidates and the camera
Photographs matter less and less with presidential campaigns, except for when they matter more.

Vermont’s Shelburne Museum reveals architecture team and designs for new center for Native American art
The $12.5 million cultural center will be dedicated to both historical and contemporary Indigenous culture and art.

Man smashes Ai Weiwei sculpture at exhibition opening in Italy

A man has smashed a sculpture by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei during the private opening of his exhibition in the northern Italian city of Bologna.

Critic's Notebook
Cities are always changing; it makes sense for public art to change, too
Jeffrey Gibson’s new mural at Dewey Square will occupy the space for 18 months; Boston’s Public Art Triennial ushers in much more temporary art.

WORKING ARTIST
We visited 30 artists over six months. Here’s some of their best advice for finding and nurturing that creative spark.
If you have advice for living a creative life, please weigh in. And if you know an artist with a fun studio practice you think deserves attention, drop it in the comments, and share the wealth.

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art acquires work by legendary illustrator Jerry Pinkney
The collection includes the original cover of ‘The Lion and the Mouse” and 39 related works of art from the book.

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW | MARK FEENEY
A new show at the Concord Museum takes portraiture to unexpected places
In "Portrait Mode," most of the subjects are anonymous or little known.

More Visual Arts Headlines

One of Boston Common’s most visited monuments was going to be veiled for four days in September. It’s been postponed.

The veiling, part of an artistic reimagining of The Founders Memorial, has been delayed due to inclement weather.

MASS Design’s traveling gun violence memorial is now on view in Boston. It’s asking you to imagine the lives of victims.

“I hope people take away peace, love, and understanding,” said Linda Smith, a Roslindale mother who lost her son to gun violence in 2022.

The room where it happened: Gardner Museum to renovate room that housed works stolen in 1990

Visitors can expect a more colorful, sumptuous Dutch Room when the restoration is completed by early 2027.

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW

The Griffin Museum of Photography takes a look at AI and visual reality

What happens when it’s an algorithm that clicks the shutter release.

WORKING ARTIST

What does ‘orgasmic’ fiber art look like? Ask Sam Fields.

"The work is very much all body," she says of her pieces at LaMontagne Gallery. "It’s dripping, it’s drooling."

In Salem, a new exhibit summons the spirits at Peabody Essex Museum

Spiritualism captured the attention of the curious and the mourning, mediums, and illusionists — all of whose stories are explored in ‘Conjuring the Spirit World: Art, Magic, and Mediums.’

WORKING ARTIST

Tomashi Jackson often asks herself, ‘Can art handle this for me?’

Her deeply researched work examines racism and social justice in the public square.

ART REVIEW

At the ICA, a transcendent Tau Lewis

With "Spirit Level," the rising star weaves craft, personal history, and the cosmic in an arresting debut.