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Museum of Fine Arts

Arts Commentary: MFA Boston — at 150

There have been times in the MFA’s past when it hasn’t lived up to its educational mission, when it has pandered to the whims of the wealthy — particularly its fat cat benefactors.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: Boston, Museum of Fine Arts

Visual Arts Review: MFA’s Arts of Islamic Cultures Gallery — Window into an Endangered World

The MFA’s Arts of Islamic Cultures gallery offers an impressive visual representation of a region’s cultures, geographies, and histories.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Arts of Islamic Cultures gallery, Laura Weinstein, Museum of Fine Arts

Film Review: Director Bill Gunn — Two Restored Gems at the MFA

A chance to see two important works by pioneering African-American filmmaker Bill Gunn.

By: Peg Aloi Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Bill Gunn, Ganga & Hess, Ishmael Reed, Museum of Fine Arts, Personal Problems

Visual Arts Review: Prince of Pieces — Rothko at the MFA

There are no angels in Mark Rothko’s work: only the ascendancy of glorious color.

By: Peter Walsh Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Mark Rothko, Mark Rothko: Reflection, Museum of Fine Arts

Visual Arts Preview: “Summer of Love” at the MFA — A Good Trip

The odds have never been more stacked against a Summer of Love.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Fuse News Tagged: Haight-Ashbury, Herb Green, Milo Miles, Museum of Fine Arts, Summer of Love, Visual Arts

Visual Arts Review: Picasso at the MFA

This exhibition at the MFA gives us as chance to walk about a delightful island in the wide sea of Picasso works.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Museum of Fine Arts, Pablo-Picasso, The Rape of the Sabines, Visiting Masterpieces: Pairing Picasso

Fuse Film Preview: Graham Greene’s “Words in Motion” at the MFA

In his best screenplays, Graham Greene explored the idea of the protagonist as anti-hero well before it became a popular trope in the 1950s and ’60s.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Preview Tagged: Brighton Rock, Carol Reed, Graham Greene, Museum of Fine Arts, Paul Dervis, screenwriter, The Comedians, The Third Man, Words in Motion

Film Review: “Men of the Cloth”—Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man

Director Vicki Vasilopoulos has masterfully crafted a documentary about tailors, clothing, and the painstaking search for excellence.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: documentary, Men of the Cloth, Museum of Fine Arts, Paul Dervis, Vicki Vasilopoulos

Film Review: “Out of My Hand”—A Landmark Film From Liberia That Lacks Drama

The protagonist’s confrontation with his past barbarity is far and away the most compelling part of Out of My Hand.

By: Paul Dervis Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Libera film, Liberia Movie Union, Museum of Fine Arts, Out of My Hand, Paul Dervis, Takeshi Fukunaga

Film Review: Boston MFA’s French Film Festival — The Beautiful Idiosyncrasy of “P’tit Quinquin”

The film proffers a winning combination of goofy humor and social critique.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Boston French Film Festival, Bruno Dumont, Li’l Quinquin / P’tit Quinquin, Museum of Fine Arts

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