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At their core, creating and looking at works of art are acts of care, from the artist’s labor to the viewer’s contemplation and appreciation. Storage…
Chinese Brush Painting
Learn how to make a painting of bamboo using the four basic brush strokes.
Matthew Wong achieved resounding critical acclaim during his short career, which spanned just six years, between 2013, when he began painting and…
Simply defined, a miniature is an object smaller than its parent object—compare a chair made for a dolls’ house at two inches tall with a normal-sized…
Who creates your image? In portraits by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), sitters assume elegant stances, the fabric of their dress richly depicted in…
Arts of Japan
These galleries open at 2 pm on May 11, following the Japanese Buddhist Temple Room Rededication ceremony. The MFA has one of the most comprehensive…
At four years old I saw my first ballet, Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker , and I immediately fell in love with dance. By age six I was taking my first…
Issue: Art for This Moment
On view October 8, 2023–January 15, 2024 BOSTON (August 9, 2023)—John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) brought his sitters to life, but he did much more…
On view September 9, 2023–January 7, 2024 BOSTON (August 9, 2023)—The history of the Italian Renaissance has long been told through the…
How do you start writing a paper, an e-mail, or a letter? Often our first thoughts are not the final product we want other others to read. Instead we…
Issue: Reflections from the Center for Netherlandish Art Fellows