As Tumblr’s resident well-travelled “Art Dad”, would you please consider recommending a few “must-see” exhibits at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts? I received the delightfully shattering present of a membership, and I have my old favourites (Monet is mandatory💕🖼) but it’s been ages since I’ve been. First museum trip post lockdown. Fingers crossed.
Ah, I hope you have (or had, sorry for the delay) a great time! I haven't been to the museum in a couple of years and I know that they were doing a lot of construction in it -- I'm given to understand my beloved Netsuke room was closed off and may still be, and honestly I couldn't tell you how to get there anyway. I usually just stumbled into it. :D
I will say the John Singer Sargent works are my favorite -- both the paintings on the walls and the murals on the ceilings. Definitely hit the murals if they're available, in the big rotunda by the "old" entrance (which may not be called that anymore). And find the Portrait of Thomas McKeller, it's a gorgeous painting of one of his most prominent muses (and possible-to-likely lover). You can see McKeller's face and body, whitewashed, in many of the murals as well.
The MFA is a glorious labyrinth that it's easy to get lost in, so I say wear good shoes and go wandering! You will find things to love I have no doubt :)
