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Founded in 1876, the SMFA has served as the training ground for internationally renowned artists such as Cy Twombly, Ellsworth Kelly, Nan Goldin, and Jim Dine. Just across the street from the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), the SMFA is housed in a building designed by Graduate School of Design grad Graham D. Gund, perhaps best known at Harvard as the architect of the guardhouse next to Johnston Gate...
...glue sheath gives the objects a unique duality—in the light they glimmer like crystal while in the shadows they appear to be coated in melted candle wax. The work of SMFA students, however, is not confined to the SMFA galleries. Next door, an exhibit at the MFA, which opened on Saturday April 10th, features the work of the five SMFA Traveling Scholars. The scholarship, awarded to select SMFA graduates annually since 1899, funds a year of travel and study, culminating in a show at the MFA...
...left the student gallery space of the SMFA to enter the grand encyclopedic MFA, I felt like I was charting the path many young artists hope their work will take. Indeed, what is exceptional about schools attached to major museums like the SMFA is that they can offer a bridge to the professional world. For the artists chosen as Traveling Scholars, the exhibit represents a unique opportunity to be seen by thousands of visitors at one of the nation’s leading museums. For viewers like me, it was a reminder that artists graduating from art school today?...
Closer to home, the traditional dichotomy between art and artifacts is also slowly beginning to break down. In just a few months, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (MFA) will unveil its new wing devoted to the Art of the Americas. The new wing, designed by Norman Foster, will contain over 50 new galleries spread over four floors. Visitors will begin on the ground floor with the Pre-Columbian era and work their way up until they get to the modernist masters like Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline on the top floor, alongside African-American artist Jacob Lawrence...
Davis took the opportunity to speak about a significant new addition to the MFA emerging from its recent renovation: a new American Wing, which is set to open in late 2010. This new effort will showcase works from North, Central, and South America in a chronological manner to evoke a sense of exploration and engagement in its visitors. “However you explore this wing, we do hope you will find something of great interest to you,” Davis said...