MFA Exhibitions

Mural: Jackson Pollock | Katharina Grosse
July 1, 2019–February 23, 2020
Charlotte F. and Irving W. Rabb Gallery
Supported by the Dr. Lawrence H. and Roberta Cohn Exhibition Fund and The Museum Council Special Exhibition Fund. Media Sponsor is the Boston Globe.

Hyman Bloom: Matters of Life and Death
July 13, 2019–February 23, 2020
Henry and Lois Foster Gallery
Supported by the MFA Associates/MFA Senior Associates Exhibition Endowment Fund.

Kay Nielsen’s Enchanted Vision: The Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection
July 20, 2019–January 20, 2020
Clementine Brown Gallery
Supported by the Cordover Exhibition Fund, and the Benjamin A. Trustman and Julia M. Trustman Fund. Hotel Partner is Mandarin Oriental Boston

Make Believe
July 20, 2019–January 20, 2020
Herb Ritts Gallery
Supported by the Shelly and Michael Kassen Fund.

Viewpoints: Photographs from the Howard Greenberg Collection
August 10–December 15, 2019
Henry and Lois Foster Gallery, Gallery next to MFA Signature Shop
The acquisition and exhibition of the Howard Greenberg Collection of Photographs were made possible by the Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust. Additional support for the exhibition from the Patricia B. Jacoby Exhibition Fund and The Bruce and Laura Monrad Fund for Exhibitions. Media Sponsor is Boston magazine.

Women Take the Floor
September 13, 2019–November 28, 2021
John Axelrod Gallery, Melvin Blake and Frank Purnell Gallery, Saundra B. and William H. Lane Galleries, Robert and Jane Burke Gallery, The 1940s and 1950s Gallery
Sponsored by Bank of America. Generously supported by the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation. Additional support from the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Exhibition Fund, and the Eugenie Pendergast Memorial Fund.

Weng Family Collection of Chinese Painting: Family and Friends
October 12, 2019–March 28, 2021
Asian Paintings Gallery
Generously supported by the Tan Family Education Foundation. Additional support from the Rodger and Dawn Nordblom Fund for Chinese Paintings in Honor of Marjorie C. Nordblom, The June N. and John C. Robinson Fund for Chinese Paintings in Honor of Marjorie C. Nordblom, and the Joel Alvord and Lisa Schmid Alvord Fund.

Ancient Nubia Now
October 13, 2019–January 20, 2020
Ann and Graham Gund Gallery
Sponsored by Bank of America. Generously supported by the Florence E. and Horace L. Mayer Fund. Media Partner is WCVB.

Contemporary Art: Five Propositions
October 26, 2019–March 12, 2020
Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser Gallery, Ives Family Gallery, Jeanne and Stokley Towles Gallery, John F. Cogan, Jr. and Mary L. Cornille Gallery, Richard and Nancy Lubin Gallery
Generously supported by the Callaghan Family Fund for Contemporary Exhibitions. Additional support from The Museum Council Artist in Residency Program Fund, and the Diane Krane Family and Jonathan and Gina Krane Family Fund.

Read My Lips
October 26, 2019–March 12, 2020
Lizbeth and George Krupp Gallery

The Banner Project: Robert Pruitt
October 26, 2019–May 9, 2021
Eunice and Julian Cohen Gallery

SMFA at Tufts: Juried Exhibition 2019–2020
November 16, 2019–March 12, 2020
Edward H. Linde Gallery
Generously supported by the Callaghan Family Fund for Contemporary Exhibitions.

Reimagining Home: Photographs by Bahman Jalali and Gohar Dashti
January 11–March 12, 2020
Gallery next to MFA Signature Shop
Supported by the Dr. Robert A. and Dr. Veronica Petersen Fund for Exhibitions.

Black Histories, Black Futures
January 20, 2020–June 20, 2021
Carol Vance Wall Rotunda, Sharf Visitor Center, Frances Vrachos / Mary Stamas Gallery
Supported by Robert and Pamela Adams, Robert Ellis Alan, and the Terrell Family Foundation.

Elsa Dorfman: Me and My Camera
February 8, 2020–May 30, 2021
Herb Ritts Gallery
Supported by Abigail Congdon and Joseph Azrack, and Kathy Metcalfe and Lang Wheeler.

Personal Space: Self-Portraits on Paper
February 8, 2020–May 30, 2021
Clementine Brown Gallery
Supported by the Susan G. Kohn and Harry Kohn, Jr. Fund for Contemporary Prints.

Lucian Freud: The Self-Portraits
March 1–March 12, 2020
Lois B. and Michael K. Torf Gallery
Organized by the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Supported by Davis and Carol Noble. Additional support from the Barbara Jane Anderson Fund, the Alexander M. Levine and Dr. Rosemarie D. Bria-Levine Exhibition Fund, The Amy and Jonathan Poorvu Fund for the Exhibition of Contemporary Art and Sculpture, and an Anonymous Funder. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Media Sponsor is Boston magazine.