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Five “reimagined” galleries at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts have now opened to expand the display of the museum’s impressive collection of art from the ancient world, fulfilling the longtime vision of ...

Prehistoric cave paintings; Egyptian pyramids and temples; classical Greek statues. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, European civilization was born—and with it, so was art. From the Stone Age came ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is unveiling an ambitious transformation in the George D. and Margo Behrakis Wing for Art of the Ancient World: five reimagined ...

The Museum of Fine Arts has announced Anastasia Christophilopoulou as the new George D. and Margo Behrakis Chair, Art of Ancient Greece and Rome. She will replace Christine Kondoleon, who served as ...

Brian Hernandez, 21, is accused of smashing a door with a steel chair and damaging items with an estimated value of $1 million or more, museum officials said. By Vimal Patel A man smashed his way into ...