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Celebrating a landmark gift of Chinese art 翁氏家藏精品展·第三期:奇石拙趣 In China, rocks in their natural form are objects of great aesthetic appreciation. As far…
A musical instrument is the anticipation of something. Sinuous strings and thin soundboards, carefully carved air ducts and hollow tubes, membranes…
Issue: Art for This Moment
Center for Netherlandish Art Fellowships
The CNA Fellowship program supports and nurtures future generations of scholars and specialists in Netherlandish Art. Through mentorship and access to…
Starting a new job in a pandemic is not easy. When I began working at the MFA in February 2021, almost all of my interactions with colleagues took…
Issue: Art for This Moment
Family Legacy: Jane and Bob Mayer Create a Fund for Conservation
MFA Advisor and volunteer Jane Mayer, and her husband, Dr. Robert Mayer, combined their interests in art and medicine by creating an endowment fund to support of MFA Conservation.
Making an Impact: Cokie and Lee Perry Discover an Easy Way to Give
MFA Honorary Trustee and volunteer Cokie Perry, and her husband, Lee, learned that they could give a life insurance policy that they no longer needed to charity and receive a tax deduction. Selecting the MFA was an obvious choice.
The MFA’s impressive collection of musical instruments started with a single collector: English clergyman Francis William Galpin (1858–1945). Despite…
“Turner’s Modern World” Brings a Visionary to Boston
By Judith Ritchie, Patron Program Committee member A major exhibition of British artist J. M. W. Turner’s work, organized by Tate Britain in…
Conserving an Ancient Sculpture: A Story of Collaboration
By Mary Margaret Graham, Patron Program Committee member As we enjoy the newly transformed galleries for art of ancient Greece, Rome, and the…
Some of the world’s most popular tattoo motifs trace back to early 19th-century Edo (modern Tokyo), where tattoo artists took inspiration from color…