With the city’s arts scene back in full force post-COVID, 2024 brought big ideas, fresh collaborations and sizzling new releases from all corners. We chose to focus this look back on breakthrough creatives whose work stuck with our arts reporters even after we’d filed our stories. Some are delicious fun; others wrestle deftly with the world we live in, refusing to shy away from topsy-turvy politics and blistering global conflicts.
Here are 16 creatives who stood out this year — all of whom we’ll be watching in 2025.
