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Frank Bowling’s Americas
New York, 1966–75
When the British Guiana–born artist Frank Bowling relocated from London to New York in 1966, he found an art scene in flux, with abstract painting…
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Report of the Treasurer and Chair, Budget and Finance Committee The last three fiscal years presented a broad range of challenges to the Museum. The…
Join MFA Film in celebrating both recognized Turkish filmmakers and newcomers to the 23rd-annual Boston Turkish Film Festival. This year’s lineup…
Celebrating its fifth year, the Boston Israeli Film Festival presents the very best in Israeli cinema, from thoughtful documentaries to moving…
MFA Boston Presents Landmark Exhibition Highlighting Black Potters from the 19th-Century American South
On view March 4–July 9, 2023 BOSTON (February 16, 2023)—Opening at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), on March 4, Hear Me Now: The Black Potters…
Simply defined, a miniature is an object smaller than its parent object—compare a chair made for a dolls’ house at two inches tall with a normal-sized…
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
Who creates your image? In portraits by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), sitters assume elegant stances, the fabric of their dress richly depicted in…
Tintypes—or ferrotypes—were first introduced in the US in the 1850s. Made by printing photographic images onto sheets of thin metal, they were…