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Journey back 4,500 years to the Giza plateau in ancient Egypt, where a group of artists and their patrons devised a new way of representing the human…

A young woman looks out at us from under semi-closed eyelids. Her forehead and cheeks are painted white; dramatic diagonal red lines intersect at the…

Issue: Art for This Moment

Last October my brother, sister, and niece came to Boston to visit me. Due to the pandemic, they spent most of their visit in my home, but I was very…

Issue: Art for This Moment

Peri Onipede deepens her connection with the MFA by working with the Planned Giving Office to include the Museum in her plans.

Issue: Inspiring the Future Newsletter: Spring 2021

The first time I met Sonya Clark she helped me move a 300-pound cast-bronze bench down a steep flight of stairs. Well, maybe there’s more to the story…

Issue: Art for This Moment

This suite of seven renovated galleries explores the nexus between art, commerce, and science in the Dutch Republic and Flanders.

Bold. Vibrant. Fun. Energizing. That’s how my life looked before the pandemic. I relished hugging friends as a greeting and goodbye. I liked getting…

Issue: Art for This Moment

We are really looking forward to welcoming you back to the MFA. Some new procedures and guidelines are in place to help keep you and everyone safe…

Approaching a marble figure in the cool, quiet halls of the MFA’s ancient Greek and Roman galleries is an uncanny, potentially dizzying experience…

Issue: Art for This Moment

The conservation studio in the Walter Ames Compton, MD Gallery (Gallery 280) reopened to the public in early February, welcoming visitors once again…

Issue: Conservation in Action: Japanese Buddhist Sculptures