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...subset of Harvard. Some were drawn by the art, perhaps, but most seemed drawn by visions of an Upper East Side future, a seat on a museum board, and the self-satisfaction—familiar to everyone who has attended one of the first Friday drink nights at the MFA??that comes with downing a glass of scotch next to a priceless masterpiece of Renaissance art. Stephanie Kacoyanis crooned “La Vie en Rose” as women sporting black elbow-length gloves minced through the crowd. It was a chance to unwrap the dry-cleaning...
True met Hecht while working at the MFA??s department of classical art, before she attended Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. In the same year that True was charged, the MFA was accused of possessing looted artifacts through dealings with Hecht, whom Italian investigators suspected of selling or giving the museum more than 1,000 artifacts, all possibly stolen...
...house exhibition takes a kaleidoscopic view of its subject, and spans six millennia and nearly as many continents in 66 objects and 2 rooms. The show is now on display at the MFA through May 4, 2008. In the exhibition’s introductory text, Clifford S. Ackley, the MFA??s curator of prints and drawings, explains that the show’s “focus is on the sheer pleasure of looking and comparing how different artists in different times and places have inventively [rendered] the same subjects: the human figure, landscapes, birds and animals, fish...
...authenticity—instead, it will discuss the modes of analysis themselves.“The focus of this research is to bring to light the analytical methodologies and tools that can be applied to the study of painting materials, such as pigments and binders,” the MFA??s statement reads. “These findings, which will increase understanding of the place of scientific research in the art world, will be shared with the public within the exhibition as well as its accompanying catalogue.”The MFA??s study might...
...feel like your requisite hoodie and Uggs are getting kind of drab, look to the center of the fashion world for inspiration on how to dress to impress and catch the eye of your hot TF. Check out the MFA??s Fashion Show: Paris Collections 2006 to see how it’s done right. Students get a 10% discount at the gift shop, so grab a Dior scarf at entirely reasonable prices while you’re there...