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Comment | In the run up to the US election, Boston's Museum of Fine Art is hopeful about art's role in a democratic future
The museum's latest exhibition explains and scrutinises democracy through objects spanning 2,500 years
MFA Boston gets $25m gift to renovate galleries and add staff
The Wyss Foundation’s donation will create more than 5,000 sq. ft of extra space for the museum’s 20th-century art collection
Boston science museum brings climate action to the fore with year-long initiative
Year of the Earthshot features more than 1,000 interdisciplinary programmes that explore climate solutions, from immersive exhibitions to a project with Unesco and four World Heritage Sites—and an online cooking show
'How do you take the palette of a sunset and sour it just a little?' Tammy Nguyen on her solo show at the ICA Boston
Tammy Nguyen discusses her exhibition at ICA Boston, which takes on the legacy of transcendentalism through the lens of the Vietnam War
How women played a bigger role in the Renaissance and beyond
Two exhibitions, in Boston and Baltimore, celebrate the overlooked women artists who were working in Europe from the 15th century onwards
‘We’re looking at the past as a gateway to the future’: Hank Willis Thomas on his new Martin Luther King Jr monument
The towering work, which depicts the interlocked arms of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, was unveiled in Boston ahead of the MLK Day holiday
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s head of security is running for statewide office in Massachusetts
Anthony Amore, who has overseen security at the Gardner for 17 years, is running as a Republican to be the Bay State’s auditor
How artists and amateur photographers used postcards to great creative effect
Atlanta’s High Museum showcases the work of the Hungarian-born photographer André Kertész, while MFA Boston draws on its archive for an exhibition of photos by unknown enthusiasts
Revisiting the Gardner heist: no paintings, no arrests, but mobsters galore in new Netflix series
While the four-part documentary retreads well-worn ground, it reminds viewers why the unsolved crime remains so intriguing
Vilified statue of Abraham Lincoln and kneeling slave removed from Park Square in Boston
Artist’s campaign and petition prompted dismantling of ‘Emancipation Group’ piece—but original still stands in Washington DC
When Boston fell head-over-heels in love with Monet
A new show at the Museum of Fine Arts recalls the time when the US city was first captivated by the French Impressionist
From the streets to the studio: show explores how Basquiat, graffiti and hip-hop culture stormed the art world in the 1980s
Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston includes works by Rammellzee, Keith Haring, Kool Koor and Lady Pink
Tutankhamun blockbuster will head to Boston
Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh, which opened in London this weekend, will also tour to Australia, Japan, Canada and South Korea
A mystery for the ages: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist
The world’s greatest unsolved art theft continues to obsess—and stump—investigators
‘Do your worst, Boston’: Nicole Eisenman’s fountain—vandalised in Germany—gets permanent US home
New version of sculpture that was first shown at Skulptur Projekte Münster in 2017 is the artist’s first permanent public work
Three exhibitions to see in Boston this weekend
From gender bending fashion at the MFA, Boston to Joan Jonas's animal treasure hunt at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Have Brooklyn and Boston bagged Frida Kahlo blockbusters?
Shows at the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston explore the Mexican artist’s love of fashion and “arte popular”
Lehman gift of Benin treasures to Museum of Fine Arts angers Nigeria
Works looted by the British and reassembled by banking heir find permanent home in Boston
A rare Roman bronze statue attracts considerable interest in Christie's December sale
Valued at $3 million, Roman bronze statue also boasts impeccable provenance
Raphael, Cellini and a Renaissance banker: The patronage of Bindo Altoviti at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Tracing the patron, rather than the artist