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A Black Power in Print Annotated Bibliography
In his “Proposal to Eradicate Institutional Racism at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts,” Dana Chandler writes, “One of the black museum’s greatest…
Introduction to “Afro-American Artists: New York and Boston” Exhibition Catalogue
In 1970, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and School of the Museum of Fine Arts mounted the exhibition “Afro‐American Artists: New York and Boston,”…
Leadership
Director’s Senior Team Matthew Teitelbaum, Ann and Graham Gund Director Emily Blumenthal, Chief of Staff Cameran Mason, Chief of External Relations…
The dictionary definition of an archive is a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group…
Poets and Witnesses: A Conversation between Bouchra Khalili and Jackie Wang
This interview originally appeared in Radical Ally , a publication created by Moroccan French artist Bouchra Khalili and co-edited with Xavier Nueno…
Through dreamlike woven tapestries, Texas-born artist Diedrick Brackens (b. 1989) explores African American and queer identity, his own life, and…
During the 1920s and 1930s, the speed of modern life in the United States, accelerated by the invention of cars, airplanes, electric lighting…
The Stillness of Things
Photographs from the Lane Collection
August 27, 2022–February 27, 2023
This exhibition presents nearly 60 innovative photographs—all departures from the traditional still life—drawn from the MFA’s Lane Collection. Grouped…
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…
The ubiquity of photography and social media today makes it hard to imagine a time when it was not possible for ordinary people to take their own…