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Today, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), revealed the results of an in-depth study of Boston’s cultural audience, Culture Track 2014: Focus on…

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has been an internationally renowned art museum, a key educator, and an essential contributor to our city and region…
RONNI BAER: When I first looked at this painting in the context of this exhibition, I asked myself, “How can we tell the difference between a mistress…
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Thank you for your interest in volunteering at the MFA! We anticipate that we will offer new opportunities in summer 2023. Thanks again for your…

This painting of a wealthy couple takes on new political relevance in relation to our First Lady. The story of this portrait for me has always been…
Issue: How is This Political?

As news outlets cover immigration, legal and illegal, and the plight of refugees taking to the waters of the world, personal stories of sacrifice may…
Issue: How is This Political?

Around 1990, Yager began to make jewelry out of the stuff of the streets—crack vials, syringes, bullet casings, and broken auto glass—that she found…
Issue: How is This Political?

Inundated as we’ve been over the course of the last few weeks with images of American Olympic athletes draped in flags, and specifically with news of…
Issue: How is This Political?

Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is well known for using brooches to make nonverbal political and diplomatic statements. This began…
Issue: How is This Political?

Natchez layers histories, artistic practices, and popular culture references into this vibrant, yet sharply political, image. At left, he paints a…
Issue: How is This Political?