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cataloguers at work on photography
Behind the Scenes with a Cataloguer
What do cataloguers do? What information about photographs is most relevant to record?
Winged Isis pectoral, 538-519 B.C.E.
MFA, Boston Turns 150: Here's How They're Celebrating
Inclusivity and diversity are the bywords at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston as it prepares a slate of exhibitions and events throughout 2020 to commemorate 150 years as a public museum.
Steve Martin looks closely at work of art on wall
Steve Martin on How to Look at Abstract Art

Actor and comedian Steve Martin looks at paintings by two early pioneers of American abstraction and takes us on a journey of seeing—shape and color transform into mountains, sky, and water.

Giuseppe Porta, Bearded Man with his Right Arm Raised, 1562/64.
Seven Centuries of History Through One Collection of Drawings
A collection of extraordinary drawings spanning 700 years is coming to the Art Institute of Chicago in January.
Orazio Gentileschi, The Finding of Moses, early 1630s.
National Gallery, London Celebrates Saving Landmark Painting

The large Baroque painting of the baby Moses being found amongst the reeds has hung in the National Gallery, London for nearly twenty years. Unmissable at nearly ten feet wide with figures clad in…

Jennifer Angus insect wallpaper installed at Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg.
Beautiful Bugs: An Infestation of Insect Art
Usually, this many bugs in an art museum would result in an urgent call to the exterminator. But when Canadian artist Jennifer Angus is in town, an infestation becomes a thing of incredible beauty.
'Nameless and Friendless' was painted in 1857 by Emily Mary Osborn
How This Painting Campaigned for Women’s Rights
'Nameless and Friendless' was painted in 1857 by Emily Mary Osborn. It captures a single woman trying, and failing, to earn a living as an artist in Victorian England.
group of small children close their eyes in prayer
Scotland’s Photograph Album
The current exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland’s Photograph Album: The MacKinnon Collection, showcases the infinite, multiform beauty of Scotland, its people…
Exterior view of the Rubell Museum and courtyard garden.
Miami's Renewed Rubell Museum Showcases Important Collection
Art collector Mera Rubell insists her family didn’t set out to open a museum when it bought a series of food warehouses in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood four years ago.
old image of Capitoline Lion in the Roman Forum
Conserving One of MoMA's Oldest Photographs
Tarnish is slowly engulfing one of the oldest objects in MoMA's collection, a daguerreotype from 1842.
Ludwig Deutsch (1855–1935), In the Madrasa, 1890. Oil on panel.
How The Islamic World Influenced Western Art
With some pieces of view having never been seen outside of Malaysia, "Inspired by the East: How the Islamic World Influenced Western Art" is a relatively small exhibition with a large goal.
Graciela Iturbide, Angel Woman, Sonora Desert, Mexico, 1979 (printed later). Gelatin-silver print.
Figures Within the Landscape Reveal the Spirit of Mexico
Luces y Sombras means Lights and Shadows, a fitting title for an extraordinary show of 45 black and white photographs of 20th century Mexico.
Elephant clock gold
Mechanical Marvels: The Elephant Clock
The mahout (elephant keeper), the turbaned Ottoman warriors, and the crowning crescent all allude to the Eastern origins of the elephant.
Anila Quayyum Agha, Hidden Diamond - Saffron, 2019, BCA Center.
Transcendent: Spirituality in Contemporary Art
When so much of contemporary art feels like an assault on our senses reflecting the political, cultural, environmental, and psychologically fraught moment we find ourselves in, a new exhibition…
group looks at Starry Night on wall in gallery
Van Gogh's Starry Night as Seen by an Astrophysicist
Janna Levin brings her celestial expertise to Vincent van Gogh’s star-filled vision, in conversation with senior curator of Drawing and Prints Jodi Hauptman.