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Conservation in Action: Preserving Nirvana, December 2016
With the final linings in place, the finished scroll is mounted onto a drying board ( karibari ) to stretch-dry for a period of approximately six…
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European Painting and Sculpture before 1800
Major works spanning the medieval era to the Enlightenment from the MFA's superlative collection The tremendous political, religious and cultural…
I miss traveling. Thirty miles, 300 miles, 3,000 miles, anywhere outside the context of my normal day-to-day life, anyplace with different patterns…
Issue: Art for This Moment
A Complicated Past In 1912, when the MFA installed Cyrus Dallin’s Appeal to the Great Spirit at its Huntington Avenue Entrance, the sculpture was a…
What do you think of when you hear the name Monet? It likely conjures images of sun-filled meadows, colorful gardens, or ethereal water lilies…
Issue: Art for This Moment
Conservation in Action: Preserving Nirvana, April 2016
Before the scroll can be dismantled, unstable pigments are first consolidated with a diluted animal glue solution applied with a fine brush. This…
Vincent Ciofarri makes an unrestricted bequest that enables us to continue to share art and inspire the next generation.
Peri Onipede deepens her connection with the MFA by working with the Planned Giving Office to include the Museum in her plans.
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