above The new Gods and Goddesses gallery, overlooked by a colossal, 4m-tall 1st-century BC marble statue of a goddess. She is known as Juno, but is most likely a Muse.

Athens of America: an interview with curators at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

At the end of last year, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston – the city known as ‘the Athens of America’ – opened a renovated suite of five galleries devoted to the art of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium. Lucia Marchini speaks to curators Christine Kondoleon, Laure Marest, and Phoebe Segal to find out about how they are using technology and even modern art to help visitors see ancient artefacts in a new light.

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Minerva Magazine

June 21, 2022

Christine Kondoleon is the George D and Margo Behrakis Chair, Art of Ancient Greece and Rome at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). As Chair, she has led the renovations and reinterpretations for 12 new galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine art for the Behrakis Wing for Art of the Ancient World; five of them opened in December 2021. Kondoleon is curator of the forthcoming Cy Twombly: making past present, and author of the accompanying exhibition catalogue. Laure Marest is the Cornelius and Emily Vermeule Associate Curator of Greek and Roman Art at the MFA. She holds degrees from the Sorbonne, Paris, and the University of California, Berkeley. Marest previously worked at the Getty

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