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Welcome to Radar by Boston Art Review
The Boston Art Radar is a first-of-its-kind resource for connecting people to the cultural spaces that shape Greater Boston’s visual arts community. From artist-run spaces and studio buildings to galleries and museums, Radar is an on-the-ground guide driven by neighborhoods rather than destinations.
Each neighborhood features a mix of carefully selected venues, public art, and cultural hubs. Working with a cohort of neighborhood ambassadors, Boston Art Review adds locations to the map by invitation or nomination only.
The first issue of our print edition was released in November 2025 and is available at each of the venues included on the map. The spring edition will be released on February 10, 2026.
ICON KEY
On View
Listings for exhibitions and events
Public Art
A handful of new, noteworthy, or essential pieces of public art
While You're Here
Our curated selection of shops, nonprofits, and cultural hubs
Editor's Picks
Jan 15, 2026 – Apr 19, 2026
Michelle Lopez: Shadow of a Doubt
Medford
Tufts University Art Galleries
Dec 5, 2025 – Mar 7, 2026
Christian Hernán De Restrepo: A Él Mismo
South End
Boston Center for the Arts
Oct 23, 2025 – Apr 21, 2026
Revolution! 250 Years of Art & Activism in Boston
Back Bay
Oct 3, 2025 – Feb 1, 2026
Between Two Worlds: Making Sense of Modern Life from Indigenous Perspectives
South End
Ja’Hari Ortega: Big Hoops to Fill
Downtown
Public Art
Oct 24, 2025 – Mar 15, 2026
American Artist: To Acorn
Cambridge
Oct 23, 2025 – Jan 19, 2026
Allan Rohan Crite: Urban Glory
Fenway
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Oct 9, 2025 – Mar 8, 2026
An Indigenous Present
Seaport
Institute of Contemporary Art
Closing Soon
Oct 14, 2025 – Feb 10, 2026
Robert T. Freeman: Allan Crite – American Griot
Fenway
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Feb 12, 2026
Waveforms 2026
Jamaica Plain
Boston Cyberarts Gallery
Nov 19, 2025 – Feb 13, 2026
Arab Massachusetts: Building Community in the Commonwealth
Downtown
Pao Arts Center
Jan 17, 2026 – Feb 15, 2026
Kal Hart: what could have flickered (on the cusp of a verge of a reality)
Brighton
Unbound Visual Arts
Nov 14, 2025 – Feb 21, 2026
Insight into the Other
Dorchester
University Hall Gallery
Coming Soon
Feb 9, 2026 – May 1, 2026
Lynne Kortenhaus, Vestiges: Works on Paper, 2020–2025
Cambridge
Feb 9, 2026 – Feb 27, 2026
Sanitize
Fenway
Godine Family Gallery
Everything and More
Cambridge
Public Art
Feb 12, 2026
Waveforms 2026
Jamaica Plain
Boston Cyberarts Gallery
Feb 12, 2026 – Apr 19, 2026
Ajar Bernard Ategwa
Back Bay
Pellas Gallery
Feb 14, 2026 – Mar 22, 2026
Alumni Curatorial Project #3
South End
MassArt x SoWa
Feb 14, 2026 – May 17, 2026
Spring 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition
South End
MassArt x SoWa
Feb 21, 2026 – Mar 28, 2026
Nina Nielsen: Paintings
Watertown
Storefront Art Projects