Some MFA galleries are in need of attention

By Sebastian Smee
“Beauty on a budget’’ is not a phrase one expects to hear from the mouth of Malcolm Rogers, since 1994 the director of the Museum of Fine Arts. With a successful $504 million capital campaign under his belt, Rogers is regarded by many as a fund-raising genius, and over the past few years he has used his Midas touch to transform the museum almost beyond recognition.

In November 2010, the MFA opened a massive new wing dedicated to the art of the Americas and a new wing for contemporary art, along with various new or improved public amenities. Away from the fanfare of the new wing openings, the museum has quietly added a permanent gallery for jewels and gems, a gallery for modern art, temporary exhibition spaces for works on paper, photography, and contemporary art, and a slew of other galleries.



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