Best of Boston

With its inaugural exhibition spanning eight neighborhoods, this local organization aims to prove contemporary art belongs outside here as much as Paul Revere statues do. The standout pieces from this year’s debut of 20 commissions? A haunting shanty installation in Boston Public Library’s atrium from street artist Swoon, Gabriel Sosa’s ‘zine-making community press in an East Boston storefront, and a Faneuil Hall sculpture of controversial anti-Puritan colonist Thomas Morton that looks like a living cartoon. Running through October, the $8 million showcase makes you rethink what Boston can be.