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The Boston Tea Party turns 250

An exhibition at the Massachusetts Historical Society looks back at one of the most celebrated protests in American history.

Crystalle Lacouture centers loss and care at Praise Shadows Art Gallery
The artist’s show "Evenings’s Evening" offers sacred geometry that feels like a salve.

At the ICA, a vital view into the Boston art scene
Cicely Carew, Venetia Dale, and Yu-Wen Wu are the 2023 winners of the ICA's Foster Prize.

Institute of Contemporary Art director Jill Medvedow to retire

The museum’s longtime leader will step down at the end of 2024.

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW
The joys of juxtaposition
That informs much of the work and how it’s displayed in the Photographic Resource Center’s "For a Moment: Images from the Boston Photo League."

At the Museum of Printing, ‘We’re trying to save the past for the future’
This gem in Haverhill has the world’s largest collection of typographic technology and ephemera.

At Amherst’s Yiddish Book Center, a new exhibition speaks volumes about Yiddish as ‘a global culture’
Yiddish — the language and culture — is part of the modern Jewish story, says chief curator David Mazower. And without it, "you don’t have the full story."

Alumni show fetes 150 years of Mass College of Art and Design — and those who dare to be different
MassArt Art Museum marks the anniversary with ‘The Myth of Normal: A Celebration of Authentic Expression’

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Museums

The fine art of remaking a collection

Faced with holdings out of step with the times, museums everywhere are doing the hard work of catching up.

5 new museum acquisitions — and the stories they tell

Piece by piece, collection by collection, museums are trying to present a fuller picture of the arts.

Critic's Picks

Ten shows to see at New England museums this fall

The Globe's art critic singles out exhibitions on hip-hop culture, rare tapestries from 17th-century France, and more.

Widening the lens on modern Africa

Two shows, in Groton and Fitchburg, highlight the diversity of the continent.

At the Gardner, ‘Inventing Isabella’ meets a modern intervention

An exhibit looking at how the museum’s namesake fashioned her own mystique pairs with two new shows exploring intersections of history, identity, power, and culture.

ART REVIEW

At sea with ‘Forecast Form’ at the ICA

An exhibition of contemporary Caribbean art offers glimpses into the region’s complexities.

Art Review

At the Addison, a Maine painter takes on the age-old conventions of maritime art

Reggie Burrows Hodges’s “Turning a Big Ship” brings overlooked tales to the surface.

Polly Apfelbaum won’t be walled in

The artist’s new show, ‘The World’s a Mess; It’s in My Kiss,’ brings a riot of color and craft to East Providence’s ODD-KIN gallery.