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Live view of us getting ready to say goodbye to the Pearsons during tonight's #ThisIsUs finale 🥺 🖼️: "La Mélancolique" (1909), Jules Pascin

We're excited to welcome Michael J. Bramwell as our inaugural Joyce Linde Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art! 🎉 The creation of the new position is part of an initiative designed to reanimate and reimagine the MFA’s storied folk art collection for 21st-century audiences.

The third floor of our Art of the Americas Wing is almost ready! Curators, conservation and facilities have been hard at work on objects like this “Scale model for Pennsylvania Railroad War Memorial, which will be on view in "Stories Artists Tell": https://t.co/KPcD8fLRHX

Born #OnThisDay in Pennsylvania, #MaryCassatt settled in Paris in 1875 and became the only American invited to exhibit with the Impressionist group. 🎨: "Mrs. Duffee Seated on a Striped Sofa, Reading" (1876), oil on panel

How we feel during a heat wave 🥵 🎨: "Young Woman Holding a Fan" (about 1645), Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, oil on panel

Pulling out some #RoaringTwenties looks from our fashion collection in celebration of #DowntonAbbey ✨

An expanding economy and a taste for decorating homes fueled an enormous demand for Dutch paintings in the 17th century. Learn about “A Modern Art Market" with the Center for Netherlandish Art this Sunday: https://t.co/7bABKmdHm2

This painting is among #PhilipGuston’s most intimate and revealing works. Huddled beneath a sheet, the crown of his head merges with that of his wife, Musa McKim. Even in apparent sleep, the artist clutches his brushes.

The U.N. estimates that ~6 million refugees have fled Ukraine. Through Labor Day, we're offering a free general admission ticket to those with a Ukrainian passport. Read more about Ukrainian art from Oleksandra Kovalchuk of the Odesa Fine Arts Museum: https://t.co/i36Xq3fSVc

Happy #InternationalMuseumDay! Today we want to share the love—tell us what your favorite Museum is, aside from yours truly 😘 We'll get you started with our crosstown crushes: @ICAinBoston, @gardnermuseum and @HarvArtMuseums!

In need of a timeline cleanse before starting the work week? Martin Johnson Heade can help with that 😌 🎨: "Passion Flowers and Hummingbirds" (about 1870–83), oil on canvas

This landscape belongs to a series of pictures based on the view from Vincent #VanGogh's view from an asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. The distant windmills were an addition from his imagination. 🖼️: "Enclosed Field with Ploughman" (1889), oil on canvas

“Buy Less, Choose Well, Make It Last.” #VivienneWestwood, the iconic designer who is a favorite of curator @ms_theotyson, encourages us to consider the true social and environmental costs of fashion. 👗: Strapless dress with wrap (1990s), @FollowWestwood

📣 Calling all job seekers! Restaurant Associates at the MFA is hiring 🍽️ Stop by for a Job Fair at the Museum on Monday, May 16 from 10:30am to 3pm. For a full list of Part-time, Full-time and On Call positions, visit: https://t.co/xyQhaWpLoQ

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, born #OnThisDay in 1828, painted "Bocca Baciata (Lips That Have Been Kissed)" in 1859. This small yet striking panel is thought to mark a point of transition from his medieval-inspired work, to what the artist characterized as a “rather Venetian aspect.”

FREE admission today until 5 at @mfaboston ! https://t.co/uZqtB1PbZM

This exhibition, in its last stop at @mfaboston on a three-city tour, makes a strong case that 19th-century artist Joseph Mallord William Turner is England's greatest painter, art critic @LloydSchwartz reviews. https://t.co/DVdgV2p11F

It's Mother's Day at the @mfaboston this weekend! Admission to the museum is FREE from 10 am- 5 pm on Sunday 5/8. https://t.co/kXOOzgpssU https://t.co/SsxuaspVb2

Art in Bloom is back at @mfaboston for the 1st time in 3 years! Catch these beautiful flower arrangements interpreting important works through this weekend.

The long-postponed “Philip Guston Now” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, “brings Guston to life, thrashingly, ferociously so,” Holland Cotter writes. https://t.co/AH544ssYk6

For years, the focus of restitution has been on Europe, especially pieces looted during World War II. But the lens has widened of late to countries that were once colonies of European powers. https://t.co/L9ltJH6ZYe

The much-anticipated Philip Guston exhibition is finally set to open its doors @mfaboston on 1 May plus more from Apollo's art diary. https://t.co/3Gmkqva097

Join us for a Spring Jubelfeest* of art and music! H+H and the @mfaboston celebrate the new suite of galleries of Dutch and Flemish art with this premiere performance of "The Dutch Masters of Music and Art, Volume 2." Watch for free at https://t.co/gw4rgSwCPi *Dutch for “jubilee” https://t.co/YpCGEwkk8p

Took @JaredGBH’s advice and saw the Turner exhibit at the @mfaboston last night. So good. Big recommend Here’s our conversation about it: https://t.co/B3QraHwWFz

“Turner’s Modern World” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is “an eruptive reassessment,” our critic writes. It shows the artist as a painter of commerce and slavery, and of technological innovation that would split the sky. https://t.co/PtY8oaD6AQ

Yesterday the Delegation of Flanders, together with @DutchCultureUSA, @FLANDERS_in_NY & @visitflanders, took part in the formal opening of the Center of #Netherlandish Art @mfaboston. Thanks to the generous gift of the van Otterloo & Weatherbie families. #OldMasters

A new show at the @mfaboston explores the turn of the century mania for postcards. https://t.co/d9hrpv8TfG

Five “reimagined” galleries at the @mfaboston have now opened to expand the display of the museum’s impressive collection of art from the ancient world. https://t.co/WM0Rr7c9Sk

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