Exhibitions

Exhibitions at the MFA

New Light: Encounters and Connections

July 3, 2021–August 22, 2022
Charlotte F. and Irving W. Rabb Gallery and Henry and Lois Foster Gallery

Generously supported by the Callaghan Family Fund for Contemporary Exhibitions. Additional support from the MFA Associates/MFA Senior Associates, the Barbara Jane Anderson Fund, The Bruce and Laura Monrad Fund for Exhibitions, and the Diane Krane Family and Jonathan and Gina Krane Family Fund.

Paper Stories, Layered Dreams: The Art of Ekua Holmes

July 17, 2021–January 24, 2022
Herb Ritts Gallery and Clementine Brown Gallery

Sponsored by Citizens. Additional support from the Benjamin A. Trustman and Julia M. Trustman Fund, Ailene M. Robinson and Thomas E. Lewis, the Shelly and Michael Kassen Fund, the Susan G. Kohn and Harry Kohn, Jr. Fund for Contemporary Prints, and the Eugenie Prendergast Memorial Fund.

Fabric of A Nation

October 10, 2021–January 17, 2022
Ann and Graham Gund Gallery

Sponsored by Chase. Generously supported by Carolyn and Peter Lynch and the Lynch Foundation, and The Coby Foundation. Supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding from the Dillon Fund of the Boston Foundation, the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, the David and Roberta Logie Fund for Textile and Fashion Arts, the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Fund for Exhibitions, the Robert and Jane Burke fund for Exhibitions, the Loring Textile Gallery Exhibition Fund, and the Patricia B. Jacoby Exhibition Fund.

Helina Metaferia: Generations

November 6, 2021–April 11, 2022
Edward H. Linde Gallery

Part of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University’s 2021 Traveling Fellow exhibition program, presented in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Presented with support from the Callaghan Family Fund for Contemporary Exhibitions.

Tattoos in Japanese Prints

November 20, 2021–February 20, 2022
Jeanne and Stokley Towles Gallery, Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser Gallery, Ives Family Gallery, and Lizbeth and George Krupp Gallery

Supported by the Museum Council Special Exhibition Fund.

From Paris to Hollywood: Claudette Colbert’s Starfish Brooch

December 22, 2021–January 16, 2023
Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation Gallery

Dawoud Bey: Night Coming Tenderly, Black

February 2–November 13, 2022
Francis Vrachos Gallery/Mary Stamas Gallery

Real Photo Postcards: Pictures from a Changing Nation

March 17–July 25, 2022
Herb Ritts Gallery and Clementine Brown Gallery

Funds for this exhibition provided by the American Art Foundation, Leonard A. Lauder, President.

Weng Family Collection of Chinese Painting: Art Rocks

March 26, 2022–May 3, 2023
Asian Paintings Gallery

Generously supported by the Tan Family Education Foundation.

Turner’s Modern World

March 27–July 10, 2022
Ann and Graham Gund Gallery

Generously supported by The Manton Foundation, Carolyn and Peter Lynch, and the Lynch Foundation. Supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support from the Cordover Exhibition Fund, the MFA Associates/MFA Senior Associates Exhibition Endowment Fund, the Alexander M. Levine and Dr. Rosemarie D. Bria-Levine Exhibition Fund, and an anonymous funder. Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in association with Tate Britain and the Kimbell Art Museum. Supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

Philip Guston Now

May 1–September 11, 2022
Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser Gallery, Ives Family Gallery, Jeanne and Stokley Towles Gallery, John F. Cogan Jr. and Mary L. Cornille Gallery, Lizbeth and George Krupp Gallery, and Richard and Nancy Lubin Gallery

Sponsored by the Ford Foundation. Generously supported by Musa and Thomas Mayer and The Guston Foundation, the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation, the Bafflin Foundation, the Terra Foundation for American Art, Lisbeth Tarlow and Stephen Kay, Martin S. Kaplan and Wendy Tarlow Kaplan, Marilyn and Charles Baillie, Phil Lind, Michael Nesbitt, and an anonymous donor. With gratitude to the Council for Canadian American Relations. Supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

Stories Artists Tell: Art of the Americas, the 20th Century

May 21, 2022–May 25, 2025
John Axelrod Gallery, Melvin Blake and Frank Purnell Gallery, Saundra B. and William H. Lane Galleries, Robert and Jane Burke Gallery, and Art of the Americas 20th Century Gallery

Funds for the galleries are provided by the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Exhibition Fund, the Dr. Lawrence H. and Roberta Cohn Fund for Exhibitions, The Hilsinger Janson Fund for Native American Art, the Leigh and Stephen Braude Fund for Latin American Art, and the Patricia B. Jacoby Exhibition Fund.

Touching Roots: Black Ancestral Legacies in the Americas

May 26, 2022–May 21, 2023
Saundra B. and William H. Lane Galleries

Community Arts Initiative: Empowered Faces

June 3–October 24, 2022
Edward H. Linde Gallery

The Community Arts Initiative is generously supported by the Linde Family Foundation.

The Banner Project: Diedrick Brackens

June 16, 2022–June 18, 2023
Eunice and Julian Cohen Galleria

Supported by the Trust Family Contemporary Exhibition Fund. With gratitude to Designtex.

Traveling Exhibitions

Incomparable Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

November 14, 2021–March 27, 2022
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, Texas

The Heroes—Chronicles of the Warriors: Japanese Swords x Ukiyo-e from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

January 21–March 25, 2022
Mori Arts Center Gallery
Tokyo, Japan

The Heroes—Chronicles of the Warriors: Japanese Swords x Ukiyo-e from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

April 23–June 19, 2022
The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum
Niigata, Japan

Art Bridges Initiative

Since 2018 the MFA has shared works from its collection with four partner museums across the Northeast as part of the Art Bridges Initiative. This program, by the Art Bridges Foundation, builds on its mission to expand access to American art across the US.

The Body Adorned: Artistry and Legacy in the Ancient Americas

December 4, 2021–February 27, 2022
D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts
Springfield, Massachusetts

Unchained: Allan Rohan Crite, Spirituality, and Black Activism

February 19–May 8, 2022
Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute
Utica, New York

Unmasking Venice: American Artists and the City of Water

May 28–September 5, 2022
Fenimore Art Museum
Cooperstown, New York