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Tag Archives: Malcolm Rogers
Dead Blogging ‘Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott’ at the MFA
Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Museum of Fine Arts the other day to catch Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott and, say, it was . . . stirring. From the MFA website: Gordon Parks, one of the … Continue reading
For the Love of God, Put #MuseumSelfie on the Shelfie!
The hardflinching staff has noted on several occasions the recent proliferation of museumgoers whose sole purpose is to record their presence adjacent to works of art, rather than actually looking at them. As if that wasn’t bad enough, now the art … Continue reading
Welcome to Boston’s Museum of Fine Apps
During his two-decade tenure as director of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, Malcolm Rogers has consistently strained to stretch the locals’ definition of art, from the photographs of Herb Ritts to the motorcars of Ralph Lauren. Now, as Rogers prepares to … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Baby Heads, Boston Globe, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Conversation Piece, Geoff Edgers, Herb Ritts, iPhone app, Malcolm Rogers, Marina Abramovic, MFA, Miley Cyrus, Miranda July, Museum of Modern Art, Ralph Lauren cars, Somebody, The Artist Is Present, The Harvard Crimson
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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
Malcolm Rogers An MFA (Museum Faux Administrator)?
Judith Zobrzynski, the Real Clear Arts blogger at ArtsJournal, has some real clear artistic differences with Boston Museum of Fine Arts director Malcolm Rogers. To wit: The MFA’s Misguided New European Art Gallery Not every new gallery or exhibition is … Continue reading
Dead Blogging ‘The [Round-the-] Clock’ Opening At The MFA
Saturday night at 7 o’clock, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts unveiled its new Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art with a 24-hour extravaganza described this way in an MFA press release: 24-HOUR CELEBRATION SEPTEMBER 17–18 AT MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, … Continue reading
Ada Louise Huxtable: MFA’s American Wing Fails To Take Flight
Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal devoted a full page of its Leisure & Arts section to the new Art of the Americas Wing at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. And – no surprise here – the paper’s dual reviews featured dueling ledes. … Continue reading
WSJ Gives Malcolm Rogers Bell’s Palsy
Nice, informative Cultural Conversation with Boston Museum of Fine Arts director Malcolm Rogers in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal. It also provides a preview of the MFA’s “Art of the Americas” wing that’s scheduled to open in November. Fun facts to … Continue reading
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
Dead Blogging Tina Brown’s MFA, Er, Talk
Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Museum of Fine Arts Wednesday evening to catch its Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Celebrity Lecture featuring Daily Beast diva Tina Brown. Of course it should’ve been called the Ruth and … Continue reading
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Tagged Malcolm Rogers, MFA, Talk, The Daily Beast, The New Yorker, Tina Brown, Vanity Fair
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