The beleaguered Boston City Council is not afraid to take a stand. Sometimes. If it’s politically expedient. And scores progressive brownie points.

Boston’s love of the outdoors isn’t new. Boston Common, the oldest public park in the U.S., dates to 1634. Its prim neighbor, ...

The event kicks off this week with 20 site-specific commissions from artists all over the world — and notably for a public art festival, there will be no murals.

Boston’s Triennial Reimagines Public Art Through the City’s Social, Historical and Ecological Realities For the inaugural edition, artistic director Pedro Alonzo rejected spectacle in favor of ...

An unprecedented exhibition of contemporary public art in Boston, the Triennial will have some 20 projects on view around the city. Here’s a sampling, and a way to go about seeing them.

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.

"When we set out 10 years ago to build a public art city, we knew we wanted more 'something.' We wanted more opportunities for more people," said Kate Gilbert, Triennial executive director and founder ...