Arielle Gray

Grounded in faith and inspired by his mother’s teachings, the Boston artist was devoted to exploring Christian liturgy and Black spirituality.

A pair of landmark exhibitions at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Boston Athenaeum celebrate Allan Rohan Crite’s vivid portrayals of Black life in Boston. Featuring more than 100 works, the retrospectives honor the legacy of a pioneering artist who captured the spirit and daily rhythms of the city’s neighborhoods.

Known for projects that explore heritage, motherhood, and resilience, Nixon-Silberg uses repurposed fabrics and deep-rooted storytelling to help Boston’s young people find meaning in their histories and repair what has been lost — one stitch at a time.

In 1974, Constantine Manos spent nine months taking thousands of photos of people and neighborhoods across Boston. The photographs will be the focus of a forthcoming exhibition at the Boston Athenaeum, and the curator are asking for help IDing the images.

The center, which supports nearly 100 adult artists with disabilities, has relocated to a new, fully accessible facility just down the street from its longtime home. The move provides expanded studio space, improved accessibility, and a larger gallery to showcase and sell artists’ work — all aimed at fostering greater inclusion in the local arts community.

The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular returns to the Hatch Memorial Shell on Friday. Here's what you need to know ahead of the Independence Day celebration.

The annual Boston Art and Music Soul Festival is this Saturday, July 28, and it’s an important milestone for the organization, according to founder Catherine T. Morris. "The fact that we still get to offer something that the community looks forward to every year is beyond a dream."

Stull was an artist, mentor, teacher and cultural legend in Boston and beyond. His work as a leading Black artist in comic books was internationally recognized. Stull passed away on April 17 at the age of 58 after a battle with cancer.

On April 23, 1965, Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial imbalances in Boston.

The 1960 painting by the Harlem artist is on the auction block, months after it was saved from a condemned Cape Cod house. Bidding for the colorful, abstract piece, which was painted on the interior façade of a chimney, starts at $40,000.

The Mel King Institute launched a readathon of King's work in October and has been working with 30 different book clubs across Greater Boston and Massachusetts.

The exhibit at the MFA showcases more than 100 works by John Wilson, a Roxbury native. Through his drawings, paintings and sculptures, he explored themes of identity, race and belonging in America and beyond.

Founded in 1949 by Otto and Muriel Snowden, Freedom House has supported generations of Bostonians with a mission to “improve the civic, educational, recreational and general welfare of the entire Upper Roxbury community.”

Arts institution Castle of Our Skins cut the ribbon on a new facility, which will open in 2027. The 2,491-square-foot space, which will be called Gold Hall, will function as a performance and community space for the organization.

The museum announced that Nora Burnett Abrams will step into the role in May 2025. Abrams, who has been the director of Denver’s Museum of Contemporary Art since 2019, will succeed Jill Medvedow, who will leave her position in March 2025.

The artist's mid-career survey at Tufts University Art Galleries includes includes video, photographs and large paintings. Jackson's archival and in-person research provides an armature that she builds around materials like halftone line images, paper bags, voting ephemera and site specific soil and dust.

In 1960, abstract expressionist Norman Lewis visited friends in Dennis and painted on their chimney. After decades of being uninhabited, the city condemned the house this summer and a group of individuals rallied to save the work.

The singer-songwriter has always loved folk music, but the genre hasn’t always uplifted non-white artists. They are working to expand the perception of folk music to include people of color and queer and trans performers.

With experience at both large museums and smaller local galleries, the 24-year-old aims to challenge inequitable systems in art spaces and contextualize art produced by people of color.

Police Commissioner Michael Cox said Friday there is no planned increase in law enforcement presence at this weekend's Caribbean Carnival in Boston, but police will be on site to make sure the popular event is safe and free from violence.