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July 9–August 27
$5 Third Thursday
July 16
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July 24—August 23
Left: Katherine Sherwood, Sleeping Venus, 2014. Mixed media on found cotton. Courtesy of Walter Maciel Gallery and the Artist. © Katherine Sherwood.
Right: Katherine Sherwood, Maja, 2014. Mixed media on found cotton. Courtesy of Walter Maciel Gallery and the Artist. © Katherine Sherwood.
Disability Pride Month
In 1997 Katherine Sherwood suffered a cerebral hemorrhage that partially paralyzed her, causing her to dramatically shift her life and artistic practice. She cofounded the Yelling Clinic, a collective of disabled artists, and began adapting nudes from Western art to embrace marginalized bodies.
Sherwood’s Sleeping Venus (2014) and Maja (2014) reimagine works originally made through the male gaze to instead portray figures with an amputated leg and walking cane respectively. Both paintings incorporate imagery from Sherwood’s brain scans, foregrounding disability as a site of beauty, visibility, and empowerment.
See Sherwood’s transformative works in “Subvert, Repair, Reclaim: Contemporary Artists Take Back the Nude.”
New Odyssey Tour on MFA Mobile
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey inspired ancient Greek artists to create vibrant works of visual art. In conjunction with the release of The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s 2026 film adaptation—itself an extension of the enduring practice of illustrating scenes from these timeless epics—we invite you to hear actors read selections from Emily Wilson’s 2017 translation of the poems and experience how they informed the MFA’s rich collection of ancient art.
