WINTERACTIVE 2026: Winter Art Experience in Downtown Boston

NOTE: While the 2026 exhibit doesn't officially kick off until Wed Jan 14, new art has already been spotted around the city.

Join us for the third year of WINTERACTIVE, a free, walkable art experience featuring artworks and interactive play elements at 18 different sites, presented by the Downtown Boston Alliance. Inspired by the vibrant winter festivals and art exhibitions of our neighbors in the province of Québec in Canada, we invite you to embrace the joy of winter as you stroll the streets of Downtown Boston. You’ll find a delightful experience around every corner… and there are plenty of places to eat and shop along the way!

Join the opening celebration on January 14 where you can meet artists, curators, and more!

2026 ARTWORKS:

Big Other 3

by Collectif Pierre&Marie

151 Tremont Street

Several buildings seem alive with big googly eyes. These personified architectures challenge the viewer and direct their gaze, while giving them the unsettling impression of being watched by a Big Brother-like presence. This ostensibly benign yet oppressive form evokes our ambiguous relationship with social networks in the era of surveillance capitalism. While entertaining content and endless emoji give such digital platforms a veneer of harmlessness, they capture our personal data to feed industries bent on controlling our behaviour.

About the Artist: Pierre Brassard and Marie-Pier Lebeau Lavoie have worked together in Quebec as Pierre&Marie since 2008. Their work manipulates symbols of popular culture to express benevolent resistance on social issues and has recently been the subject of major solo exhibitions at the Musée Régional de Rimouski and Espace 400e.

Walruses on the Rings of Saturn

by Robert Peters

Boston Downtown Mural

Walruses on the Rings of Saturn was originally created on a wood panel based on a photograph in National Geographic. Robert was inspired by the natural pattern of the wood to paint the sky and water with a combination of stain and acrylic paint. This work reimagines an earthly scene in the spectacular vibrant setting of Saturn’s rings. 

About the Artist: Robert Peters is a Mashpee Wampanoag Artist, Poet, and Author. His work often explores the roles of Wampanoag traditions in the lives of the twenty-first-century Wampanoag people. His artwork is shown frequently throughout New England and appears in the collections of numerous museums, including, most recently, the Little Compton Historical Society. Artist: Robert Peters

Big Other 4

by Collectif Pierre&Marie

28 State Street

Several buildings seem alive with big googly eyes. These personified architectures challenge the viewer and direct their gaze, while giving them the unsettling impression of being watched by a Big Brother-like presence. This ostensibly benign yet oppressive form evokes our ambiguous relationship with social networks in the era of surveillance capitalism. While entertaining content and endless emoji give such digital platforms a veneer of harmlessness, they capture our personal data to feed industries bent on controlling our behaviour.

Big Other 5

by Collectif Pierre&Marie 

1 Ave de Lafayette



Several buildings seem alive with big googly eyes. These personified architectures challenge the viewer and direct their gaze, while giving them the unsettling impression of being watched by a Big Brother-like presence. This ostensibly benign yet oppressive form evokes our ambiguous relationship with social networks in the era of surveillance capitalism. While entertaining content and endless emoji give such digital platforms a veneer of harmlessness, they capture our personal data to feed industries bent on controlling our behaviour.

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Featured photo by @charbinger: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTRSC-Qjjt_/

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