Public Art
The Real, Essential Backstory of ‘the Embrace’
The ceremony that took place before the monument to Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, was revealed had all the hallmarks […]
A Team of Artists Will Turn the Hatch Shell into a “Four Week Illumination and Sound Experience”
As is the case with so many of Boston’s beloved destinations, it’s hard not to think about the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade and get […]
How Boston Could Save Winter by Finally Doing Something Fun with Its Streets
A pop-up movie theater on a side street in Harlem. A touch-less obstacle course for kids in the Bronx. A five-week-long stationary parade in Chicago. […]
Five Hidden-Gem Outdoor Sculpture Parks to Visit on a Quick Trip from Boston
After months of finding yourself cooped up inside, chances are your eyes would love a glimpse at something bolder than your four walls. Luckily, these […]
The Roxbury Love Mural Has Been Destroyed to Make Way for an Apartment Complex
In 2014, graffiti artist and designer Ricardo Gomez, better known as Deme5, finally got the green light to start production on a major community project—a […]
What Should Cambridge’s Monument to Women’s Suffrage Look Like?
Two years ago, Cambridge teen Sofia Bernstein, along with her mother, Kim, began a push to commemorate more women in public arts projects around the […]
Eleven Urban Oddities to Discover on Your Next Walk Around Boston
The problem: You’ve been cooped up during the pandemic, you desperately need some fresh air, and you’re sick and tired of making the same six-block […]
These Photographers Documented Quarantined Families on Their Front Porches
When everything changed on March 12 in Needham with the town’s first confirmed case of COVID-19, friends Cara Soulia and Kristen Collins were in shock. […]
A Glowing, Swaying Field of 28,000 Lights Is Sprouting in the Seaport
For the third year in a row, a giant glowing art exhibition is on its way to the Seaport this winter. This latest spectacle, which […]
Photo Opp Alert: Four Giant Flower Sculptures Have Sprouted at Assembly Row
While we might be slowly and inevitably crawling toward the cold season, this is one garden that won’t be going anywhere as the temperature drops. Assembly […]
A New Boston Common Photo Exhibit Explores the Stories of Former Gang Members
For Mayor Marty Walsh, it was alcoholism. For Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, it was trauma. For NFL broadcaster Andrea Kramer, sexism. Everyone knows that success doesn’t always […]
“Make Way for Ducklings” Artist Unveils New Sculpture
There’s a turtle in Beacon Hill—but don’t worry, she’s good with kids. Myrtle the Turtle, a four-foot-long bronze replica of a Kemp’s Ridley turtle, was unveiled […]
New Seaport Public Art: Light-Up “Retro-Futuristic” Railway Handcars
New art inspired by old-timey railway handcars, vintage cartoons, and neon, will be debuting in the Seaport on Friday—the latest quirky, brightly colored (and totally […]
Floating Coral Reef in Fort Point Channel May Have Saved a Life
The artist behind a piece of floating artwork in the Fort Point Channel is awestruck today after his ocean-themed art project may have saved the life of […]
A Whimsical Art Boat in the Fort Point Channel Has Sunk, but Will Float Again
An ocean-themed floating art project that set sail in Boston’s Fort Point Channel over the weekend has ended up, well, under the sea. But fear not: A […]