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Conservation Up Close: Mountings for Chinese Masterpieces from the Weng Collection
Multiple dates and times
Chinese paintings and calligraphies are often works on paper and silk, mounted on backing papers to provide additional support. These mountings…
At four years old I saw my first ballet, Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker , and I immediately fell in love with dance. By age six I was taking my first…
Issue: Art for This Moment
Season Opener Celebration: “Tender Loving Care”
September 19, 2023
6:30 pm–9:00 pm
This program is scheduled to be an in-person event, however details may be subject to change.
Eligibility: Museum Council and Curators Circles: The Contemporaries members
Join The Contemporaries and the Museum Council for a tour the MFA’s newest exhibition of contemporary art from the collection, “Tender Loving Care…
Fashioned by Sargent
“The coat is the picture,” John Singer Sargent explained to his fellow artist Graham Robertson in the summer of 1894, tugging a heavy garment ever…
Dutch Art in a Global Age
The seventeenth century has long been considered a “golden age” for Dutch art, fueled by the Dutch Republic’s growth as an economic world power…
Strong Women in Renaissance Italy
The story of the Renaissance in Italy is often told through the work of great male artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, and Leonardo. But…
Print History in 1892: Exhibition Catalogue
This is an ongoing effort to create an illustrated version of Sylvester Koehler’s 1892 exhibition. For the first time ever, this archival document is…
Curators in Conversation: Art Museums and Religions
September 26, 2023
6:00 pm–9:00 pm
This program is scheduled to be an in-person event, however details may be subject to change.
Eligibility: Patron Program members at the Fellow level and above.
How do MFA curators think about galleries that feature works made for religious or devotional purposes? How can museums combat prejudice and create…
An Evening with B. J. Novak
March 1, 2024
7:00 pm–9:00 pm
This program is scheduled to be an in-person event, however details may be subject to change.
Eligibility: Exclusively for Museum Council members at the Fellow and Patron levels.
Hear from famed Massachusetts-born writer, actor, and MFA prankster B. J. Novak. Museum Council Fellows and Museum Council Patrons are invited to…
On view October 8, 2023–January 15, 2024 BOSTON (August 9, 2023)—John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) brought his sitters to life, but he did much more…