Tag Archives: MFA

Dead Blogging ‘Mondrian: Foundations’ at MFABoston

Posted on November 15, 2023 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled over to The Fens the other day to catch Mondrian: Foundations at the Museum of Fine Arts (through April 28) and say, it was swell. In the years around 1900, before Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alberto Giacometti, Artsper Magazine, Fernand Léger, Franz Kline, Grandma Moses, Janis Living Trust, Maria and Conrad Janis, MFA, MFABoston, Mondrian: Foundations, Morris Hirschfield, Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Pieter Cornelius Mondriaan, The Boston Sun | 2 Comments

Dead Blogging ‘Paul Cézanne: Influence’ at Boston’s MFA

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled over to The Fenway the other day to wander around the Museum of Fine Arts (reservations required) and say, it was swell just to be back there after a year of staying away. Also … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A-One, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Cézanne: In and Out of Time, Charles Sheeler, Collecting Stories: The Invention of Folk Art, ERO, Fab 5 Freddy, Fernande Olivier, Futura, Georges Braque, Henri Matisse, Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Kool Koor, LA2, Lady Pink, Landscape, Lee Quiñones, Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair, MFA, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cézanne: Influence, Rammellzee, Toxic, Vue sur L'Estaque et Le Château d'If, William H. Johnson, Woman with a Pink Shawl, Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation | 2 Comments

The Arts Seen in NYC (Joan Miró’s ‘Birth of the World’ Edition)

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Big Town to go a-museuming this past weekend and say, it was swell. Having successfully fought our way down a Friday I-95, navigated the obstacle course from the FDR Drive crosstown … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged @ItalianModArt, A Queer History of Fashion, Anne Kong, Atea: Nature and Divinity in Polynesia, Barnett Newman, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum, Carlo Carrà, Caterina Caputo, Center for Italian Modern Art, CIMA, Constantin Brancusi Sculpture, Department of Architecture, Easter Monday, Epic Abstraction: Pollock to Herrera, Exhibitionism: 50 Years of The Museum at FIT, Fashion and Surrealism, Fashion Institute of Technology, FIT, Frida Kahlo and Arte Populaire, Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving, Fridabilia, Giorgio de Chirico, Giorgio Morandi, Harvard Graduate Student Center, Isamu Noguchi, Jackson Pollack, Jerome Robbins, Joan Miró: Birth of the World, Joan Miro, Kouros, Lincoln Center, Louise Nevelson, Mario Sironi, Metaphysical Masterpieces 1916-1920: Morandi, Metaphysical Masterpieces 1916-1920: Morandi Sironi and Carrà, Metropolitan Museum of Art, MFA, MFIT, Michel Leiris, MOMA, Montroig, Mrs. N's Palace, Museum of Modern Art, Neue Galerie, Playbill, Shimmer Bright, Sisters of Charity, St. Ignatius Loyola, The Art of Music, The Bauhaus and Harvard, The Corset, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, The Self-Portrait from Schiele to Beckmann, The Value of Good Design, Valerie Steele, Voice of My City: Jerome Robbins and New York, Walter Gropius, Willem de Kooning | 2 Comments

New York Times Beats Boston Globe on MFA Mummy DNA

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Campaign Outsider

The Boston news bakeoff between the Big Town and the Beanie Town usually goes to the local broadsheet, but not yesterday. The New York Times Science section featured this piece by Nicholas St. Fleur. Cracking a Cold Case The F.B.I. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Djehutynakht, F.B.I., Googletron, MFA, mummy DNA, New York Times, Nicholas St. Fleur, Opening of the Mouth Ceremony, stately local broadsheet | 1 Comment

Museum of Fine Arts Gets Shoutout From Turkish Government

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Regifting Party desk The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey ran this ad in Friday’s New York Times. Talk Turkey grafs: Nice! Happy ending! Except . . . … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Dallas Museum of Art, Geoff Edgers, MFA, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey, Museum of Fine Arts, New York Times, Orpheus Mosaic, Perge, Weary Herakles | Leave a comment

MFA Says Security Guards Have No Beef in Contract Tussle

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

As you splendid readers might recall, on Monday the hardworking staff detailed the ongoing dustup between the Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum Independent Security Union over a new contract and what the union says are irresponsible personnel cuts. Exhibit A: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Architect's Security Group, Boston Globe, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Facebook, hardtrundling staff, Katie Getchell, Matthew Teitelbaum, MFA, Museum Independent Security Union, Nicki Luongo, Nonprofit Quarterly, Smithsonian, Steve Keller | Leave a comment

MFA = Many Fondled Artworks? That’s What Union Says

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled over to the Museum of Fine Arts on Saturday and what did we find at the Huntington Avenue entrance but union members with picket signs calling for a new contract and restoration of union security … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Architect's Security Group, Bostom Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Globe, Facebook, hardtrundling staff, Katie Getchell, Matthew Teitelbaum, MFA, Museum Independent Security Union, Nicki Luongo, Nonprofit Quarterly, Smithsonian, Steve Keller | 1 Comment

Dead Blogging ‘Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott’ at the MFA

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 100 Years of Ceramics, Adam and Eve, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Gordon Parks, Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott, Gustave Klimt, Malcolm Rogers, MFA, Rothchild Family Treasures | 1 Comment

Boston’s MFA: We’re Not Stalking Our Visitors

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Friday’s Wall Street Journal featured this eye-popping piece by Ellen Gamerman on museums and Big Data. When the Art Is Watching You Museums are mining detailed information from visitors, raising questions about the use of Big Data in the arts One morning … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Big Data, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Edward Gargiulo, Ellen Gamerman, Goya beans, Goya exhibit, Goya: Order and Disorder, Margit Hotchkiss, MFA, Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment

Another MFA Sell-Off ‘For the Benefit of the Collection’

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardworking staff has previously noted, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts periodically pawns some of its current holdings in order to acquire better stuff, as in the Great Degas Swap of 2003. Something similar happened last year when the MFA sold … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged African-American artworks, Belle Epoque, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Doyle New York, Great Degas Swap., Jacob Lawrence, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Maverick Arts, MFA, Norma Nathan, Swann Galleries, Tiffany | 2 Comments