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New York Times Has a ‘Manifesto’ for Boston’s MFA

The other day the New York Times ran a big takeout by art critic Holland Cotter on what major U.S. museums should be doing nowadays with their time and money. For Big Museums, It’s Time to Change As the Metropolitan … Continue reading

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Newly Renovated MoMA Is Museum of Modern Arguing

From our Beaten to Death with Croutons desk Here’s what everyone can agree on: New York’s Museum of Modern Art will unveil its four-month, $450 million, 47,000-square-foot expansion on October 21st. Beyond that, it’s strictly an art critic slapfight. Let’s … Continue reading

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NYT ‘First Crush’ Series Crashes

Okay – this has happened to the hardworking staff and the Missus once too often. We looked at yesterday’s New York Times front page and here’s what we saw: That lede – “I’ve been writing about art professionally for more … Continue reading

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MFA’s Art Of The Americas Wing Boffo In NYT

New York Times art critic Holland Cotter totally hearts the new Art of the Americas Wing at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. BOSTON — Five years after breaking ground, the new Art of the Americas Wing at the Museum of Fine … Continue reading

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