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Museum of Fine Arts Boston

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) was founded in 1870 by a group of Boston civic leaders, including Charles Callahan Perkins, to provide a public space for the appreciation of art. The museum’s permanent collection boasts nearly 500,000 works, including masterpieces by artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, John Singer Sargent and Winslow Homer. The MFA’s diverse holdings range from ancient Egyptian artifacts and Asian art to European paintings and contemporary works, making it one of the most comprehensive art museums in the world. Read more about Museums.

The New Geography of the Art World in the Age of Acceleration

The art world is no longer expanding evenly; it is moving at radically different speeds in different regions.
By Paco Barragán

The Best Holiday Gifts for the Art Lovers and Artists On Your List

Here's what to buy the art enthusiast in your life.
By Christa Terry

The Best Gifts From Museum Shops

A treasure trove of artful delights.
By Merin Curotto

Museums Thank Health Workers, Sharing Famous Art Depicting Doctors and Nurses

By Helen Holmes

Get a Glimpse at the Museum Exhibitions Currently Closed—Or Canceled Entirely

By Helen Holmes
Renderings for the Berkshire Museum redesign, which the institution intends to fund through the deaccessioning of part of their collection.

Should Museums Be Allowed to Sell Donated Works of Art?

By Daniel Grant
The Great Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Admission Fees Are Too Damn High

By Daniel Grant
The Great Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Want to Donate Your Collection to a Museum? Read This First

By Daniel Grant
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 17: In this photo illustration, the words 'IN' and 'OUT' are depicted on mugs on March 17, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The United Kingdom will hold a referendum on June 23, 2016 to decide whether or not to remain a member of the European Union (EU), an economic and political partnership involving 28 European countries which allows members to trade together in a single market and free movement across its borders for citizens.

Could Brexit Impact the Art Market? Say Goodbye to the Biggest Polaroid Camera

By Alanna Martinez
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The Growing World of Degree-less Art School

By Daniel Grant
LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 04: Yoko Ono poses next to 'The Wish Tree', one of her art installations at The Bluecoat Display Centre on April, 2008 in Liverpool, England. The Wish Tree invites viewers to write their wishes on labels that are then fixed to the branches. Yoko Ono returned to perform and display her art at The Bluecoat 40 years after she first exhibited there in 1967 to celebrate the re-opening of the UK's oldest arts centre after a GBP 12.5 million refurbishment.

Yoko Ono’s ‘Wish Tree’ Comes to Japan Society for Fukushima Disaster Anniversary

By Alanna Martinez
A visitor walks past marble statues on display at Rome's Capitoline Museum (Musei Capitolini) on Capitol Hill on January 26, 2016. Italy's desire to court visiting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani extended to covering up classical nude sculptures in the Capitoline Museum, where he met Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, it emerged on Tuesday. / AFP / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

Italy Clothes Nude Statues for Iranian Prez, MFA Boston Buys Frida Painting—and More

By Alanna Martinez
A delicious Lucien Smith pie painting. Photo: Salon 94.

Student Art Sale Offers Actually Affordable Art

By Guelda Voien

Renoir Sucks! Impressionist Haters Picket Boston MFA

By Ryan Steadman

Beautiful Dreaming: The 10 Dazzling Museum Shows to Catch This Fall in the US

By Alexandra Peers

MFA Boston Cancels Kimono Dress Up After Allegations of Racism

By Casey Quackenbush
Jennie Jieun Lee in her Greenpoint studio. (Photo: Courtesy of the artist)

A New Way to Be an Artist

By Ryan Steadman
Matthew Teitelbaum, Ann and Graham Gund Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Photo: © The Art Gallery of Ontario)

Museum of Fine Arts Boston Names Matthew Teitelbaum Director

By Alanna Martinez

Hokusai to Make Waves With Upcoming MFA Boston Exhibition

By Marina Zheng
Snuff Box, (ca. 1770), Marked by Jean-Baptiste Bertin (French, master 1740, died 1771) Retailed by Jean George (French (Paris), active 1752-1765), French (Paris) Gold, enamel decoration, Gift of the heirs of Bettina Looram de Rothschild. (Photo: MFA Boston)

Art World Abstracts: Rothschild Heirs Donate Nazi-Looted Art to MFA Boston, and More!

By Alanna Martinez
Still From Christian Marclay's "The Clock" (2010). Courtesy the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery.

Charting Where Christian Marclay’s ‘The Clock’ Will End Up Next

By Michael H. Miller
This version of Peter Rubens's "The Calydonian Boar Hunt" dates from about 1611-12 and is in the collection of the Getty Center in California. (Photo: Getty)

Greece Charges 'Amateur' Couple in Rubens Painting Theft

By Andrew Russeth
A still from Christian Marclay's The Clock, 2010. (Photo: White Cube)

MFA Boston and Christian Marclay Duel Over ‘The Clock’

By Andrew Russeth

Remembrance, in New Orleans

By Rachel Morgan
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