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Chinese Brush Painting
Learn how to make a painting of bamboo using the four basic brush strokes.
Accompanying the pivotal 1969 exhibition held in a converted classroom at Stony Brook University, the five-page 5+1 catalogue serves, in Frank Bowling…
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
On view April 1–October 15, 2023 BOSTON (April 1, 2023)—On the northern tip of Cape Cod, Provincetown has long been regarded as a refuge for artists…
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
Eleventh annual event offers free admission all day for Massachusetts residents BOSTON (May 23, 2023)—On Monday, June 19, 2023, the Museum of Fine…
MFA Boston and Citizens Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy with Annual Open House
Free admission for Massachusetts residents on January 16 BOSTON (January 9, 2023)—On Monday, January 16, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), and…
Read about the legacy and generosity of two longtime MFA friends—and consider ways to make your own special gift.
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…