Over the summer the Boston Museum of Fine Arts segregated pictures by the skin color of the subjects (previous posting). This fall they present an exhibit segregated by the inferred income class. “In Boston, a Class-Driven View of Dutch Art” (WSJ):
The exhibition, which opens [today] and closes Jan. 18, splits the classes into upper, middle and lower, with each occupying its own gallery space. They are broken down into further subdivisions in each room, with a fourth space devoted to “Where the Classes Meet,” which includes depictions of the dark interior of a blacksmith’s shop and a bustling town square in Amsterdam.