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Read about the legacy and generosity of two longtime MFA friends—and consider ways to make your own special gift.
Curiosity and Generosity Support Science and Conservation
Saul Kurlat had a lifelong interest in how science helps us understand the world. As an engineer at the forefront of the image digitization revolution…
Creating a Legacy: A Home for 20th-Century Modernism
“Timing is all,” Saundra Lane frequently remarked. For Saundra and her late husband, Bill, who together amassed one of the most significant…
Hank Willis Thomas (b. 1976) probes the visual culture of identity, history, social justice, and popular media through conceptual art. His multimedia…
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, attacks have continued endlessly in different regions of the country, and…
What is it about the Eldridge Street Synagogue, a remarkable vestige of New York City’s Jewish past, that makes me think of Samuel Bak’s painting The…
Issue: Art for This Moment
The acclaimed portraits of President Barack Obama and Mrs. Michelle Obama come to the MFA on the final stop of their national tour.
Sponsorship at the MFA provides a high-profile branding platform to engage with our visitors and communities. Opportunities range from a single event…
Conservation in Action: Japanese Buddhist Sculptures, March 2020
The gilded Dainichi, the Buddha of Infinite Illumination was the last of the sculptures to be deinstalled from the Temple Room, now closed in…
Conservation in Action: Japanese Buddhist Sculptures, September 2020
Conservators have recently returned to the project after several months away as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though the conservation studio…