Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Lecturing Instead of Making Love to Aphrodite

Edward Goldman | Posted 04.05.2012

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Edward Goldman

The new exhibition at the Getty Villa, Aphrodite and the Gods of Love tells a fascinating story about this goddess who beguiled, inspired and often wreaked havoc in all matters of love.

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City Shaping V: Can Philanthropy for Boston's Parks Break Through the Grass Ceiling?

Charles A. Birnbaum | Posted 04.02.2012

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Charles A. Birnbaum

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Art, Sex, and Rock 'N' Roll

Edward Goldman | Posted 12.20.2011

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Edward Goldman

The naughty, photo-based, provocative works by two Angelino artists, Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken, will raise your body temperature by a couple of degrees, unless, of course, you're dead.

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Legs In Turkey, Torso In Boston: The Plan To Reunite A Statue

Posted 09.17.2011

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The bottom half of "Weary Herakles," a nearly 2000-year-old sculpture, will be reunited with its top half soon, reports the Boston Globe. The Turkish ...

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Boston Museum To Pay Restitution To Holocaust Victim Heir

AP | Posted 08.27.2011

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BOSTON — The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has determined that a 17th century Dutch painting in its collection was once owned by a Jewish art de...

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WATCH: Bathroom Turned Into Art Gallery

Posted 08.17.2011

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The Boston Museum of Fine Art got a new gallery on Wednesday night...in their bathrooms. A group of artists commemorated "Flush the Walls" -- a protes...

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Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Director Malcolm Rogers on Vision, Growth and Transformation

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rahim Kanani

For me, from the very earliest years, right up to today, art is entwined in my mind with the notion of transformation; that it can change your life. And I am here in the business of trying to change people's lives.

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Art of the Americans, MFA Boston

Chadwick Hagan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chadwick Hagan

The renovation has been in planning since 1999, and no details were spared. Bostonians have always taken their art seriously.

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Asia Society's Prez on Global Citizens Like Obama

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Asia Society president Vishakha Desai says, "Ours is a complex institution, and those experiencing it can describe it in the same way the blind men touch and describe an elephant."

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