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The Museum of Fine Arts reopens its revamped 18th-century Art of the Americas galleries, transforming familiar favorites like Paul Revere’s “Liberty Bowl” into provocative dialogues with works by enslaved artists and contemporary Native voices. Curators have reimagined nearly 400 pieces to explore colonial global ties, mythmaking, and artistic resistance, pairing Washington’s heroic portrait with a stainless steel bust by Mohawk artist Alan Michelson that confronts his legacy of enslavement and genocide. Amid staffing cuts and community tensions, the museum sees this as progress — honoring past curators while embracing new perspectives. Michelson, proud of his work’s permanent home, sees the nation’s 250th anniversary as a chance to view American founding as an ongoing, collective project.

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