The Season for Slow Looking: Ten Museum Exhibitions To Catch Across New England This Summer

In a list of must-see museum exhibitions for summer 2025, Boston Art Review featured the MassArt Art Museum‘s GENERATIONS show, which is on view through November 30, 2025.

“Seeing “GENERATIONS” in person revealed a quiet clarity that doesn’t quite translate on the page. The show, drawn from the 2023 Wagner Foundation Fellowship recipients, unfolds not as a collection of works but as a set of discrete, emotionally attuned gestures in dialogue. Each artist brought something distinct, but together the works form a tonal cohesion that feels intentional without being overdetermined. Wen-ti Tsen’s paintings moved me most—the figures suspended mid-action, the brushwork holding motion in place without freezing it. “Suspension” was the first word that came to mind. L’Merchie Frazier’s textiles are exquisite in their detail, with a kind of intimate precision that asks for close looking. Daniela Rivera’s spatial interventions, too, carry weight—not just sculptural, but psychological. The fellowship’s selections feel deeply considered, and the show makes a quiet argument for attention: to texture, to form, to how we move through and with others.” —Emmy Liu