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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

Marcel Breuer’s Modernist cottage on Cape Cod sold to local trust, paving way for restoration

The Cape Cod Modern House Trust intends to use the architect's summer home to host residencies for artists, architects and scholars

Labournews

Mass Moca employees end three-week strike following dispute over wages

Unionised workers and museum officials have ratified a new deal that raises staff minimum wages to $18 per hour

Low wages leave US arts workers with few prospects

Survey of employees of cultural institutions in the country’s Berkshires region finds many need multiple jobs to stay afloat

Winslow Homer beach paintings—cut in half after a bad review—reunited for Cape Ann Museum show

Exhibition of marine paintings will be joined later this month by a survey of the artist's Civil War illustrations at Harvard Art Museums

Diaryblog

A reflective journey: Doug Aitken’s hot-air balloon touches down in the Berkshires

The final stop of the artist’s unpredictable tour across Massachusetts included a few final tethered flights and a live concert at a historic home

Public artinterview

Fluxus in the air: Doug Aitken's hot air balloon sails above Massachusetts

The project aims to evoke the mythology of the American road trip

Stars come out: Annie Lennox at MASS MoCA—Pharrell at the Musée Guimet

Lennox has made a mound dotted with ephemera and artefacts linked to different parts of her life

Touch the sky: Doug Aitken’s hot air balloon work to lift off in Massachusetts

The multi-media artist is taking to the clouds with a new roaming project starting in Martha’s Vineyard

Harvard Art Museums to research Beuys' multiples

The Harvard museum owns an almost complete set

Worcester Art Museum sued for Anti-Muslim discrimination

“The museum is committed to fostering a diverse workplace and is an equal opportunity employer,” it said.