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Update: The Boston MFA’s African-American Artwork Sale

The hardworking staff got its chronology bollixed up in this post about the MFA, much to our chagrin and partly because of this misleading format on ArtDaily.org:   It turns out that story is really from several years ago (although … Continue reading

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Boston’s MFA Acquires Three New African-American Artworks, Sells More Than A Dozen Others

The MFA buyeth, and the the MFA selleth away. From ArtDaily.org: MFA Boston Acquires Three Paintings By 20th Century African-American Artists BOSTON, MA.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), recently acquired three paintings by leading African-American artists of the … Continue reading

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Boston’s MFA: Museum Of Fine(anced) Arts

Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts has some new blockbuster mojo with its Mario Testino: In Your Face exhibit, a natural heir to its Herb Ritts and Ralph Lauren hoedowns. But something else is a natural heir: The MFA’s increasing reliance … Continue reading

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New York Times Gives Blogosphere Props

For all the ripping off of blogs the mainstream media does (see Adam Gaffin’s Universal Hub takedown of the Boston Globe last week), sometimes the MSM actually does the right thing. Exhibit A: Saturday’s New York Times item about the … Continue reading

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