Past Exhibitions

Dalí: Disruption and Devotion

July 6–December 1, 2024

Included with General Admission The outlandish and iconoclastic artist Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) is famous for his bizarre imagery and distinctive...

Hyman Bloom: Landscapes of the Mind

May 25–December 1, 2024

“Hyman Bloom: Landscapes of the Mind” invites visitors into the artist’s imagination to experience nature as he did.

Barbara Bosworth: The Meadow

May 25–December 1, 2024

In 1996 artist Barbara Bosworth (b. 1953) began photographing a meadow in Carlisle, Massachusetts, just northwest of Boston. Returning regularly over...

Community Arts Initiative: Our Family Portrait

May 18–October 27, 2024

For “Our Family Portrait,” Boston-based artist Timothy Hyunsoo Lee (b. 1990) guided more than 150 students through creating cyanotype prints...

Four Womxn: New Musings on Blackness

May 11–November 17, 2024

Inspired by “Four Women,” Nina Simone’s 1966 song of archetypes and stereotypes bestowed upon Black women, this exhibition explores those ideations...

Ancestors and Place: Indigenous North American Prints

April 27–October 27, 2024

The words ancestors and place have many connotations, but for Indigenous peoples, they are tied to all things. Place extends beyond a single location...

Songs for Modern Japan
Popular Music and Graphic Design, 1900–1950

April 13–September 2, 2024

Japan experienced a whirlwind of change between 1900 and 1950. At the turn of the century, Western music notation had become a sign of modernity...

Dress Up

April 13–September 2, 2024

“Playing dress up begins at five and never truly ends.” Fashion allows us to take on different roles, choosing clothes, jewelry, shoes, handbags, and...

Perspectives: Art from MFA Staff

April 4–May 4, 2024

Presented at the Copley Society of Art on Newbury Street, this exhibition features work by MFA staff who explore the idea of perspectives through a...

Hallyu! The Korean Wave

March 24–July 28, 2024

From tradition to trendsetting Today, South Korea is a cultural superpower—a global trendsetter producing award-winning films like Parasite, riveting...