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Boston Art Review's Issue 15 magazine cover featuring the artist Tourmaline standing outside of the Stonewall National Monument park in New York City.

Issue 15: Fall/Winter 2025

Tourmaline graces our cover, while inside, Issue 15 explores how memory, preservation, and practice shape what’s happening now—with exclusive artist projects, interviews, and our special Un-monument section. Every issue includes a copy of our brand-new map, Radar.

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From Issue 15

Five photographs hang on a blue wall with text that reads "Visual Kinship."

Issue 15 • Nov 18, 2025

At the Hood Museum of Art, “Visual Kinship” Examines Family Through Photography

With thirty-eight works spanning relationality, care, and cultural lineage, “Visual Kinship” considers photography’s evolving role in defining identity.

Review by Karolina Hać

Two orange, flowing dresses hang from the wall of a gallery space.

Online • Nov 11, 2025

Beverly Semmes Doesn’t Give It All Away

A sweeping exhibition at Tufts maps the artist’s forty-year exploration of form and feminism—where fabric and terrain merge in ever-shifting topographies.

Review by Rachel Vogel

Weekly Happenings

November 18–25

Last call to apply for the Dewey Square Mural with The Greenway and Everyone250.

November 11–18

Two reviews from Issue 15 are now on the site, but we still think reading them in print is cooler.

November 4–11

ICA announces free admission pass for artists, reimagining Beacon Hill's Black histories + the recap from our Issue 15 launch event

Various spreads from Boston Art Review's Issue 11: Emerge, spread on a grey background

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Boston Art Review team gathered around a table, all inspecting a copy of Issue 11: Emerge.

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Issue 15: Fall/Winter 2025

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From Issue 15

Issue 15 • Nov 18, 2025

At the Hood Museum of Art, “Visual Kinship” Examines Family Through Photography

With thirty-eight works spanning relationality, care, and cultural lineage, “Visual Kinship” considers photography’s evolving role in defining identity.

Review by Karolina Hać

Online • Nov 11, 2025

Beverly Semmes Doesn’t Give It All Away

A sweeping exhibition at Tufts maps the artist’s forty-year exploration of form and feminism—where fabric and terrain merge in ever-shifting topographies.

Review by Rachel Vogel

Weekly Happenings

November 18–25

Last call to apply for the Dewey Square Mural with The Greenway and Everyone250.

November 11–18

Two reviews from Issue 15 are now on the site, but we still think reading them in print is cooler.

November 4–11

ICA announces free admission pass for artists, reimagining Beacon Hill's Black histories + the recap from our Issue 15 launch event

Subscribe to Boston Art Review Today

Subscribe and save! Get every issue of Boston Art Review with free shipping along with invites to special events.

Meet Our Team

We're a community-supported publication. In addition to our small staff, we rely on a team of editors who are passionate about supporting our arts ecosystem.

Learn More