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Past Exhibitions
Games for the Gods
The Greek Athlete and the Olympic Spirit
Athletics were a key component of ancient Greek life from the founding of the Olympic Games in 776 B.C. until the banishment of pagan festivals and...
Tim Noble & Sue Webster
Bright lights, piles of rubbish, and shadowy figures characterize urban centers; they are also the primary elements in the art of the British team Tim...
Art of the Japanese Postcard
The Leonard A. Lauder Collection
During the first decades of the twentieth century, the new medium of the postcard quickly replaced the traditional woodblock print as the favored...
Draped In Dragons
Chinese Court Costume
Elaborate robes give a glimpse of life in the Imperial court
Dutch Interiors in the Age of Vermeer
A Rare Vermeer Comes to Boston
Chinese Jades from the Hartman Collection
The essence of immortality—6,000 years of jade on view
Callot and His World
Princes, Paupers, and Pageants
Jacques Callot (1592-1635) was one of the most important European graphic artists of his time, and his neat, precise etching style influenced...
A Singular Vision
The Melvin Blake and Frank Purnell Legacy
The MFA has acquired the most important paintings, drawings, and sculpture from an exceptional collection assembled by the late Melvin Blake (a...
Adam Fuss
At a moment in time when large format, digitally manipulated color photographs compete with paintings for our attention, Adam Fuss continues to make...
Annual Summer Masterwork Exchange with the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cuddly lions are generally not associated with Egypt, where these awesome beasts often serve as temple guardians or symbolize the power of kingship...