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This past June, MFA Patrons were transported back to the 5th century BCE, the origins of democracy, and the Athenian empire.
Patrons gathered for the Patron Season Opener and the exhibition opening of “Ancient Nubia Now.”
Conservation in Action: Japanese Buddhist Sculptures, November 2019
Conservation of the first sculpture, Fudō Myōō, the Immovable One , is now complete, and the object has been installed in a display case next to the…
Teen curators take action
Issue: MFA Stories
New member Liz Koch describes her favorite Museum Council event and why she joined.
Laura Weinstein talks about the relationship between South Asian and Islamic art, and the importance of a new installation by contemporary Indian…
Conservation in Action: Preserving Nirvana, July 2016
With the scroll safely dismantled from its mounting, preparation of the new mounting silks begins. The Death of the Historical Buddha is a devotional…
Conservation in Action: Preserving Nirvana, August 2016
On August 20, 2016, MFA conservators, along with colleagues from the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, begin treating the…
Conservation in Action: Preserving Nirvana, September 2016
With the painting relined with two layers of handmade usu-mino paper, supplementary linings need to be applied to the painting and to the various…
Conservation in Action: Preserving Nirvana, October 2016
With all the individual mounting sections lined and stretch dried, and the painting repaired and similarly lined and dried, preparations are underway…