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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
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
We’re thrilled to welcome you and your group back to the MFA! It has been a while, so please review these resources and tips. You may find answers to…
Tiningo’ si Sirena: A Conversation with Gisela Charfauros McDaniel and Antoinette CHarfauros McDaniel
Håfa Adai —hello! I recently spoke with artist Gisela Charfauros McDaniel and her mother, scholar Antoinette CHarfauros McDaniel, to discuss Gisela’s…
Issue: Art for This Moment
Curiosity and Generosity Support Science and Conservation
Saul Kurlat had a lifelong interest in how science helps us understand the world. As an engineer at the forefront of the image digitization revolution…
Creating a Legacy: A Home for 20th-Century Modernism
“Timing is all,” Saundra Lane frequently remarked. For Saundra and her late husband, Bill, who together amassed one of the most significant…
What is it about the Eldridge Street Synagogue, a remarkable vestige of New York City’s Jewish past, that makes me think of Samuel Bak’s painting The…
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
How often do we appreciate the tremendous power of an ocean wave? Not often, I realize, while I sit in a rocking chair in my suburban Cleveland home…
Issue: Art for This Moment
Mixing Bowl (Bell Krater) with Perseus, Athena, and Hermes
Like many people my age, when I was in middle school I was obsessed with Percy Jackson and the Olympians , a series of fantasy novels inspired by…
Issue: Art for This Moment