MFA Overnight attendees viewed art, danced, and listened to Madeleine Albright condemn Trump
"I have never seen anything as weird as this," the former secretary of state said about the 2016 election.
Bostonians crowded into the Museum of Fine Arts Friday for a night (and early morning) of art, music, and politics — the third installment of the #mfaNOW Overnight series.
The museum opened its doors for the free event starting at 9 p.m., and the party raged on into the morning.
Throughout the building, attendees (many of whom had to wait in a long line to get in) could view artwork such as Frances Stark’s “UH-OH” and Christian Marclay’s 24-hour video “The Clock.” DJs kept the part going until the early morning hours, and for those more artistically inclined, the MFA offered drawing and painting activities.
Dancing 💃🏻 until 4 am tonight! #mfaNOW pic.twitter.com/0BEUX1K3P5
— Karen Frascona (@KarenFraz) November 5, 2016
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright spoke toward the beginning of the evening in a chat with The Boston Globe‘s James Pindell, during which she warned against extreme nationalization.
“Patriotism is one thing; hyper-nationalism is very dangerous,” Albright said.
She again denounced Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, blaming him when Pindell asked why Americans feel so scared nowadays.
“I think they are scared because Trump is operating on the fear factor,” she said. “He is making divisions worse than they are and scaring people—scaring people about foreigners, scaring people about trade, scaring people about their neighbors, and I think that has made it more complicated.”
Albright said Trump “knows he’s going to lose,” which has led him to exacerbate the divide between the classes instead of working to solve them.
“I have never seen anything as weird as this,” she said about the 2016 election.
“I believe in public service” @madeleine #mfaNOW pic.twitter.com/tX1aOEkB6N
— Boston Globe Events (@globeevents) November 5, 2016
However, Albright said she would serve under a Republican administration if asked.
“I believe in public service,” she said, after calling the question “so hypothetical.”
“Being somewhere and being able to sit behind a sign that says ‘The United States’ is the great honor.”
You can watch the full discussion with Madeleine Albright here:
https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe/status/794723966401134593
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