Japanese art), Teel (African, Oceanic, Ancient American, and Native American art), and Wornick (contemporary craft). Acquisitions of English and European silver, including many Kunstkammer objects, have made the MFA one of the most significant holders of such artifacts in the Americas. In Rogers’ time, the museum held more than 375 exhibitions (often accompanied by scholarly catalogues), including Tales from Land of Dragons: 1000 Years of Chinese Paintings (1997), Monet in the 20th Century (1998), An Adventure with Wallace & Gromit (1998), Pharaohs of the Sun: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen (1999), Rembrandt's Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher (2003), Americans in Paris (2006), Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice (2009), Degas and the Nude (2011), and Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer (2015). Rogers also broke tradition with exhibitions that redefined "fine art" and appealed to new audiences. Upon the 2014 announcement of Rogers’ planned retirement, The Globe reported that "the MFA grew considerably during Rogers’ tenure, with the endowment rising from $180 million to $602 million." Having run 20 straight years of balanced operational budgets, he left the museum on firm financial footing with a robust staff to care for the museum's collection and continue his legacy of community enrichment and global engagement. Controversies While projecting a conservative be-suited image, Rogers viewed himself as an agent of change. In a 2004 interview, he stated, "I wanted this institution to feel the power and joy of change... And that we had to do it as one museum, that we couldn’t do this as a collection of departments and special interests. We’re all in the same boat." As a result, and working in a reactionary cultural environment, his directorship was not without moments of intense controversy, fanned by media interest. Some of his exhibitions, mounted with a view to broadening the museum's audience and shedding its elitist image, and which proved very popular with the public, attracted indignation in some areas: notably Herb Ritts: Work (1996), a retrospective of the Hollywood fashion and celebrity photographer, whom Rogers saw as a brilliant image-maker evoking a world without boundaries of class and sexuality; Dangerous Curves: The Art of the Guitar (2000), featuring guitars from the sixteenth century to those of contemporary rock stars; Speed, Style and Beauty: Cars from the Ralph Lauren Collection (2005), showcasing the famous American fashion designer's collection of luxury cars renowned for their remarkable design quality; and