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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…
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
Fashioned by Sargent
“The coat is the picture,” John Singer Sargent explained to his fellow artist Graham Robertson in the summer of 1894, tugging a heavy garment ever…
Dutch Art in a Global Age
The seventeenth century has long been considered a “golden age” for Dutch art, fueled by the Dutch Republic’s growth as an economic world power…
Strong Women in Renaissance Italy
The story of the Renaissance in Italy is often told through the work of great male artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, and Leonardo. But…
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…