MFA Cleaning Out the Dust and Going Contemporary

Author: Don Martelli
Published: September 18, 2011 at 6:56 am

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is known for its historical exhibits that showcase periods of time, encapsulating people, items, places, etc.

Today, the Boston Globe ran a story about how a new exhibit is focusing on contemporary art, taking a different direction to an exhibit that museum visitors haven't see in quite some time.

Today, the Museum of Fine Arts opens a wing dedicated to contemporary art. The space, a conversion of the 1981 west wing addition by architect I.M. Pei, isn’t as expensive or ambitious as the Art of the Americas Wing, which opened on the other side of the MFA less than a year ago.

But as a sign of shifting attitudes, it is tremendously significant.

The debut of the contemporary wing caps a period of extraordinary activity in New England’s art world, which is quietly transforming itself into one of the most dynamic contemporary art scenes in this country.

From the images in this video, it looks like that the museum has put some time and energy in making this minimalist approach to showcasing art, simply brilliant.

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Article Author: Don Martelli

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