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Art needs to be seen. I believe a work of art becomes truly complete when a viewer is part of the equation. Without someone observing the artist’s…
Issue: Art for This Moment
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…
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
Frank Bowling and 5+1
Archival materials, interviews, reflections, and more exploring a landmark exhibition from 1969
Chinese Brush Painting
Learn how to make a painting of bamboo using the four basic brush strokes.
Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence
The great painter, book illustrator, and print designer Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) has become the best known of all Japanese artists and one of…
The first time I ever visited the Museum of Fine Arts, I was only a few weeks into my first semester of college. I was new to Boston and more…
Issue: Art for This Moment
Eddie Chambers is an art historian and critic and the David Bruton Jr. Centennial Professor in Art History at the University of Texas at Austin. He…