Artist Simon Dinnerstein's 'Fulbright Triptych,' which was inspired by Northern Renaissance altarpieces, is on display at the McMullen Museum. ... ‘Fulbright Triptych’ Exhibit Comments on Art and ...

Francis Bacon’s “Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus” fetched $84.6 million at Sotheby’s, giving the high-end art market a boost after a months-long slump caused by the pandemic.

However, the mechanics of the art world suggest the amount is justifiable. First, as a triptych, the buyer is actually getting three paintings for the price of one.

That monumental piece, “The Fulbright Triptych,” is on view at the McMullen Museum of Art. It’s extreme: a strictly representational painting, bulging with detail, explicitly referential to ...