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Issue 14 • Sep 30, 2025

Turning Basil into Beats: How Sound Artist Skooby Laposky Makes Music with Plants

Interview by Jacqueline Houton

Issue 14 • Sep 30, 2025

Turning Basil into Beats: How Sound Artist Skooby Laposky Makes Music with Plants

Through a practice that merges ecology, technology, and sound art, Skooby Laposky translates the imperceptible electrical activity of plants into sonic compositions, inviting audiences to reconsider how we listen to the natural world.

Interview by Jacqueline Houton

Online • Sep 09, 2025

In "Submerged in Time," the Safarani Sisters Trace How Memories Shift, Blur, and Persist

Review by Melanie Litwin

Online • Sep 02, 2025

Art at an Incline for Two Weekends Only Atop Mt. Holyoke’s Summit

Quick Bit by Selby Nimrod

Online • Aug 29, 2025

Porous Figures, Living Histories: Bob Thompson and Friends Return to Provincetown

Review by Cleo Harrington

Fall Roundups

Online • Sep 16, 2025

Eight Gallery Shows to Catch Before November

From breakout debuts to long-awaited returns, these solo and group shows bring playful, poignant reflections.

Feature by BAR Editorial

Online • Sep 16, 2025

Back into the Fray: Fall’s Must-See Museum Shows

Fourteen exhibitions across New England that challenge, unsettle, and invite new ways of seeing

Feature by BAR Editorial

Weekly Happenings

September 30–October 7

#HellaBlack Vol. 7 returns to the Cyclorama this weekend + how Skooby Laposky is turning basil into beats

September 23–30

DS4SI kicks off "20 Questions for 20 Years" + news from New Hampshire's cultural funding cuts

September 16–23

It's here: the must-see gallery and museum exhibitions selected by our editors for this fall!

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Fall Roundups

Online • Sep 16, 2025

Eight Gallery Shows to Catch Before November

From breakout debuts to long-awaited returns, these solo and group shows bring playful, poignant reflections.

Feature by BAR Editorial

Online • Sep 16, 2025

Back into the Fray: Fall’s Must-See Museum Shows

Fourteen exhibitions across New England that challenge, unsettle, and invite new ways of seeing

Feature by BAR Editorial

Weekly Happenings

September 30–October 7

#HellaBlack Vol. 7 returns to the Cyclorama this weekend + how Skooby Laposky is turning basil into beats

September 23–30

DS4SI kicks off "20 Questions for 20 Years" + news from New Hampshire's cultural funding cuts

September 16–23

It's here: the must-see gallery and museum exhibitions selected by our editors for this fall!

Subscribe to Boston Art Review Today

Subscribe and save! Get every issue of Boston Art Review delivered to your door, plus free shipping.

Meet Our Team

We're a community-supported publication. In addition to our small staff, we rely on a team of editors who are passionate about supporting our arts ecosystem.

Learn More