From the Boston Globe:

In an about-face, hospital will disperse portraits of past white male luminaries, put the focus on diversity

Portraits in the Louis Bornstein Family Amphitheater will be dispersed to help foster a more diverse environment.

By Liz Kowalczyk GLOBE STAFF JUNE 14, 2018

The employees and students who regularly gather in the Bornstein Amphitheater at Brigham and Women’s Hospital include women, blacks, and Hispanics. The 31 gold-framed portraits of medical luminaries that cover the walls do not.

The portraits are all of men. Thirty are white, and one is Chinese.

On Thursday, the Harvard Medical School teaching hospital plans to remove the paintings of the former department chairs, as part of its broader diversity initiatives.

Many of the paintings have spent decades in the prestigious spot. They hang in a room that hosts a growing array of cultural events, including the hospital’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. Now they’ll be dispersed to department conference rooms and lobbies throughout the hospital.