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, ...

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 ...

The Boston Public Art Triennial will display dozens of pieces downtown and in neighborhoods across the city, reflecting much-changed appetites for public art By Murray Whyte Globe Staff,Updated ...

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

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.

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.