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The Daily Free Press

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The Museum of Fine Arts will reopen Wednesday after it was shut down for several weeks due to COVID-19 restrictions. KATHERINE FEUERMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Museum of Fine Arts to reopen Wednesday

Isabella Abraham February 1, 2021
Reservations opened for MFA members Thursday and to the general public the day after. Tickets are sold in advance online and are timed-entry.
Boston University students taking the Ancient Worlds course in the College of Arts and Sciences this semester were able to study pieces from the Museum of Fine Arts through virtual, student-created museum tours. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students explore ‘ancient worlds’ through virtual museum tour

Ashley Soebroto December 10, 2020
Boston University students enrolled in Ancient Worlds have developed virtual tours featuring artwork from the MFA as well as other museums around the world.
The Museum of Fine Arts. Gender and sexuality historian Andrew Lear gave a tour called “Gay Secrets of the MFA” and discussed homoerotica in art at the museum. BETSEY GOLDWASSER/ DFP FILE

Use your BU ID to your advantage: enter these unique museums for free

Jennifer Suryadjaja June 13, 2019

Calling all artists and art lovers! Boston is filled with opportunities to visit world-class museums with captivating paintings art pieces by innovative artists. Luckily for Boston University students,...

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's famous advertisement, "Moulin Rouge: La Goulue." WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

REVIEW: MFA exhibit gives Lautrec’s Paris new life

Hannah Shearer April 17, 2019
Grimy and dark and electric and stunning, the Museum of Fine Arts’ “Toulouse-Lautrec and the Stars of Paris” presents a wondrous and sly exhibit on artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s finest work, recreating the feeling of a Parisian era of fame and grit.
Andrew Lear, gender and sexuality historian, gave a tour called “Gay Secrets of the MFA” and discussed homoerotica in art at the museum. COURTESY OF ANDREW LEAR

Gay Secrets of the MFA: Tour sheds light on homoerotic art history

Elsa Scott February 3, 2019
Delving beyond the heterosexual male perspective that has dominated the art world since antiquity, Andrew Lear’s “Gay Secrets of the MFA” tours show visitors the hidden homoerotica behind works at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.
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