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After a year of anxious interactions, losing ourselves in reveries of art in a public space can feel like a gentle first step back to the social lives…
Issue: Art for This Moment
As a young child I used to wander around the seashore and tide pools with my sister, searching for starfish. Sometimes we even found one! What we…
Issue: Art for This Moment
Guide to Searching the Collections
The MFA collections encompass about 500,000 works of art. This guide is to help you find what you’re looking for—whether a specific artwork or a…
Thank you for your offer of a gift of art to the MFA! So that our team and curators can review your offer, please provide us with information about…
Member Cards: Frequently Asked Questions
Digital Member Cards Digital MFA member cards, a convenient and eco-friendly alternative to plastic cards, can be downloaded to a smartphone’s Wallet…
Leadership
Director’s Senior Team Matthew Teitelbaum, Ann and Graham Gund Director Emily Blumenthal, Chief of Staff Cameran Mason, Chief of External Relations…
As we find ourselves in a recent wave of anti-Asian hate sweeping the nation—mourning the victims of the March 2021 shootings in Atlanta, hearts…
Issue: Art for This Moment
Have I always loved small things? I’ve asked myself that question many times over the past few years as my obsession with all things miniature has…
Issue: Art for This Moment
“Stories and objects share something, a patina. . . . Perhaps a patina is a process of rubbing back so that the essential is revealed. . . . But it…
Issue: Art for This Moment
The ubiquity of photography and social media today makes it hard to imagine a time when it was not possible for ordinary people to take their own…