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A new event, the Boston Public Art Triennial, looks to put the city on the contemporary art map and “signal who we are as Bostonians in a different way,” said its executive director, Kate Gilbert.
Readers Say What readers think about Boston City Hall’s historic landmark designation Boston City Hall was designated a historical landmark on Jan. 25, to both praise and disapproval from readers.
Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Landmark Commission designated Boston City Hall as an official historic landmark on Jan. 24 despite the building’s criticism from the public. Constructed in 1968, the ...
A comprehensive, Getty Foundation–funded Conservation Management Plan completed in 2021 serves as a blueprint for enacting much-needed changes that preserve the building’s architectural integrity. As ...
Boston City Hall has been declared a local historic landmark for its iconic — if sometimes controversial — brutalist architecture, Mayor Michelle Wu announced Friday. The 1968 structure ...
See Boston's iconic landmarks lit up in spectacular projections (Image: The Projection Studio and Boston College). Across both days, there will be plenty of things to get up to and lots of fun for ...
Meet Monsieur Rose, or Mr. Pink. The six inflatable sculptures are the work of Parisian artist Philippe Katerine, who originally made them from PVC, blowers and steel cable in 2023.
Many guided tours along the Freedom Trail are available and offer a greater insight into each of the key landmarks. The Freedom Trail begins at Boston Common, which is at 139 Tremont St, Boston, MA ...
The Boston Book Festival’s Art History Keynote was packed this year, with all 300 seats of the Boston Public Library’s Rabb Hall filled and even more festival-goers hoping to hear the speech ...
Beneath the arch formed by two gigantic elms on the grassy southern bank of the St. John River at Fredericton, N.B., some 1,000 art buffs and dignitaries gathered one day last week for the ...