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The Departure of the Pilgrim Fathers from Delfshaven on Their Way to America
When I was in second grade, my class spent the fall preparing for a play: a kid-friendly, historically inaccurate depiction of Christopher Columbus…
Issue: Art for This Moment
Collaboration Includes Teen Programs, Panel Discussion Inspired by The Obama Portraits Tour and Curation of MFA Late Nites BOSTON (September 27, 2022)…
On view October 15, 2022–April 2, 2023 BOSTON (September 26, 2022)—This fall, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), presents Body Awareness: Maria…
MFA Boston Presents First Major American Survey of Frank Bowling's Work in Over Four Decades
On view October 22, 2022–April 9, 2023 UMass Boston and Stony Brook University to host satellite exhibitions BOSTON (October 5, 2022)—In 1966, driven…
I didn’t grow up going to art museums. My parents never took me, but that didn’t mean they didn’t bring art into my life. Art was all around me in my…
Issue: Art for This Moment
BOSTON (August 4, 2022)—On August 6, 1965, exactly 20 years after the destruction of Hiroshima, Kawada Kikuji (born 1933) published his landmark…
“I be off the slave ship building pyramids and writing my own hieroglyphs.” —Kendrick Lamar, “HiiiPoWeR” While working as an advisor on the exhibition…
Issue: Art for This Moment
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
Summer Institute for Netherlandish Art
The Summer Institute for Netherlandish Art is a biennial professional development program for emerging specialists in Dutch and Flemish art co…
In 1866, when Mary Cassatt was 22 years old, she made a life-defining choice. Unsatisfied with the depth of opportunities afforded to women studying…
Issue: Art for This Moment