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Philip Guston’s Haunted Testimonies

by John Yau August 18, 2022August 19, 2022

Guston became a witness to the 20th century’s darkest and foulest experiences without closing his eyes or turning away, and enabled us to see and reflect upon this brutality.

Posted inNews

MFA Boston Workers Secure Wage Increases in First Union Contract

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie June 28, 2022June 28, 2022

“This contract is a structural breakthrough for museum workers who have been underpaid as a group for years,” said staffer Martina Tanga.

Posted inNews

Illegally Trafficked Djenné Figurines in Boston Museum Will Return to Mali

by Cassie Packard February 23, 2022February 23, 2022

The two terracotta works were missing essential paperwork and “raised red flags immediately,” the museum’s provenance curator told Hyperallergic.

Posted inArt

Black Power in Print Illuminates the Rich Artistic Legacy of the Movement

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu October 31, 2021October 29, 2021

At the center of the exhibition is a letter penned by artist and activist Dana Chandler Jr. to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, addressing racism at the institution.

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Photos by Jewish Artist Who Documented Ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland Gifted to MFA Boston

by Cassie Packard March 4, 2021March 8, 2021

Ross was forcibly confined to the Lodz Ghetto and tasked to take propaganda photographs, but secretly documented the brutal living conditions to leave a historical record of atrocities committed by the Nazis.

Posted inIn Brief

Museum of Fine Arts Hosts Boston’s Largest Hanukkah Celebration

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia December 16, 2019December 16, 2019

Highlights include tours of the MFA’s trove of Judaica and Jewish art and a community-lighting ceremony with an artist-designed menorah.

Posted inIn Brief

After Students Report Racist Incidents, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts​ ​Bans Two Patrons and Plans Unconscious Bias Training

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber May 28, 2019

After middle school students and faculty reported four racist encounters at the museum, the institution launched an investigation into the claims, including reports that the students were profiled by security guards.

Posted inArt

How Museums Are Combatting a Shortage of East Asian Art Conservators

Avatar photo by Kealey Boyd April 8, 2019April 9, 2019

While American collections of East Asian art have grown tremendously, the specialized conservation laboratories that maintain these collections have not.

Posted inArt

A Winnie-the-Pooh Exhibition Blurs the Lines Between Art, Commerce, and Entertainment

by Robert Moeller November 22, 2018November 21, 2018

The exhibition flounders in part simply because of the blatant application of its own commercial terms on the viewer, most especially, on children and their parents.

Museum Bowl 2018: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston versus the Philadelphia Museum of Art (illustration by Benjamin Sutton/Hyperallergic)
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Boston and Philadelphia’s Art Museums Gamble Loaning a Painting on the Super Bowl

by Elena Goukassian February 2, 2018March 3, 2018

The outcome of Museum Bowl 2018 will depend on whether the Philadelphia Eagles or the New England Patriots prevail on Sunday.

Milo Yiannopoulos (photo by NEXTConf/Flickr)
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Milo Yiannopoulos’s Inane Thoughts on Art Slashed in Heavily Edited Book Draft

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton December 29, 2017January 5, 2018

A first draft of the far-right pundit’s unpublished manuscript recently emerged in legal documents, and his editor’s dismissive comments are delightful.

Posted inBooks

Japan’s Tattoo Art, in Classic Woodblock Prints

Avatar photo by Edward M. Gómez November 4, 2017November 3, 2017

Ukiyo-e artists produced woodblock prints incorporating depictions of tattooed bodies that told personal stories of their own.

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