Past Exhibitions
New Works
Prints, Drawings, Collages
American and European prints, drawings, and collages acquired in the last half-decade dramatically document the kaleidoscopic diversity of the art of...
Visiting Masterpieces
Vincent van Gogh's The Sower
The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation), has graciously lent The Sower, painted in the town of Arles in southern France in...
Signs and Symbols
The Community Arts Initiative Artist Project
For the "Signs and Symbols" project, children from after-school programs and community organizations across Boston looked at how words and characters...
Romantic Interludes
Women in Firdawsi's Shahnama
The Shahnama, often called the "national epic" of Iran, was completed around the year 1010 by the Persian poet Abu'l Qasim Firdawsi. A vast and...
SMFA Traveling Scholars
This year’s “SMFA Traveling Scholars” exhibition features works by five Museum School alumni who each received the prestigious Traveling Scholarship...
Under the Skin
Tattoos in Japanese Prints
Tattooing became an important feature of Japanese urban popular culture in the early 19th century, influenced strongly by the success of a series of...
Luis Meléndez
Master of the Spanish Still Life
"A splendid show."—The New York Times
Object, Image, Collector
African and Oceanic Art in Focus
By juxtaposing pieces from Africa and Oceania selected from private collections with photographs, “Object, Image, Collector” explores the complex...
Albrecht Dürer: Virtuoso Printmaker
"A sterling one-room show of Dürer’s prints...the MFA’s holdings are top-notch, and the show includes some of the finest, most indelible images in the...
Café and Cabaret
Toulouse-Lautrec's Paris
The French aristocrat Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), one of the most innovative artists of the late nineteenth century, is known for his bold...