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The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts (Parts 2, 3 and 4)

I considered writing four posts on the MFA rather than two.

May 21 •

April 2025

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts (Part 1)

In town for the annual conference of the Renaissance Society of America, the last thing I wanted, after a long Thursday of listening to panel talks at…

Apr 16 •

March 2025

The Rutgers Geology Museum in New Brunswick, New Jersey

While staying in Palermo in April 1787, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and his traveling companion, the painter Christoph Heinrich Kniep, made an excursion…

Mar 7 •

January 2025

The Musée du Louvre in Paris, France

I was on winter break this month, so in theory I had plenty of time, but I felt pressed by a few deadlines and didn’t make it to a museum suitable for a…

Jan 30 •

December 2024

Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge, Massachusetts

It’s Museums rather than Museum because officially there are three of them.

Dec 29, 2024 •

November 2024

The Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York

When I started this newsletter in February with a review of the new European Paintings Galleries at the Met, I imagined I’d write about New York more…

Nov 28, 2024 •

October 2024

Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut (Part 2)

I didn’t say much, last month, about the Yale University Art Gallery.

Oct 31, 2024 •

September 2024

Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut (Part 1)

In the seven years since I last went to Yale University Art Gallery nobody planning a visit asked me what to see there, which is a pity because if…

Sep 25, 2024 •

August 2024

The Baltimore Museum of Art (Part 2)

The Cone Collection and American Art

Aug 18, 2024 •

July 2024

The Baltimore Museum of Art (Part 1)

European Art and Antiquity

Jul 15, 2024 •

June 2024

The Penn Museum in Philadelphia

For a long time I used to call Han Dynasty on Third Avenue to order takeout.

Jun 12, 2024 •

May 2024

The Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga in Lisbon, Portugal (Part 2)

Portuguese Art and the Art of the Portuguese Discoveries

May 9, 2024 •

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