Lectures and Courses

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image of a photograph of the Painting Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts portraying Mrs. Scales with a class of young girls

Mrs. Scales with a class of young girls in a Painting Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, April 1915.

Lectures

Fuel your curiosity with lectures from visual and performing artists, curators, conservators, critics, and authors.

Courses

Dive deeper into art and exhibitions with five-session courses. Sign up for all or just the sections that interest you most.

Looking Together

Choose from two-, three-, or four-session small-group discussions. Engage with the Museum’s collection and exhibitions in the galleries.

Events
Title Type Time
Writing the Future: An Epic Conversation Lecture April 4, 2020
2:00 pm–4:00 pm
Alternative Grooves: Hip-Hop and Improvisation in New York City’s Underground Lecture April 7, 2020
10:30 am–12:00 pm
Potpourri Looking Together April 7–28, 2020
1:30 pm–3:00 pm
Prints and Drawings Lecture April 8, 2020
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
Alternative Grooves: Hip-Hop and Improvisation in New York City’s Underground Lecture April 9, 2020
7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Writing the Future: A Closer Look Lecture April 14, 2020
10:30 am–12:00 pm
Art of the Americas Lecture April 15, 2020
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
"Writing the Future" with the Curator Looking Together April 15–May 13, 2020
1:30 pm–3:00 pm
Lady Pink: In Conversation Deborah and Martin Hale Visiting Artist Lecture April 15, 2020
7:00 pm–8:00 pm
Reflections on Self-Portraiture Looking Together April 16–30, 2020
10:30 am–12:00 pm
Writing the Future: A Closer Look Lecture April 16, 2020
7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Artist Talk: Julie Mehretu Lecture April 23, 2020
7:00 pm–8:00 pm
Betty Cooke and American Modernist Jewelry Kathryn C. Buhler Lecture April 26, 2020
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Basquiat and the History of Graffiti Lecture April 28, 2020
10:30 am–12:00 pm
The Garden in Art and Art in the Garden Looking Together April 29–May 6, 2020
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
Musical Instruments Lecture April 29, 2020
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
Women in Art at the MFA Looking Together April 29–May 6, 2020
6:30 pm–8:00 pm
Basquiat and the History of Graffiti Lecture April 30, 2020
7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Folk Art and the Necessity of Double Consciousness Lecture May 5, 2020
10:30 am–12:00 pm
On View Now Looking Together May 5–26, 2020
1:30 pm–3:00 pm
Art of Africa and Oceania Lecture May 6, 2020
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
Portrayals of the Black Female Figure from Manet to Matisse Robert J. Boardingham Memorial Lecture May 6, 2020
7:00 pm–8:00 pm
They Persisted: Women Artists at the MFA Looking Together May 7–21, 2020
11:00 am–12:30 pm
Politics, Conflict, and Leadership in the Arts of Asia Looking Together May 7–14, 2020
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
Wider Horizons of Chinese Arts: Visual Culture in the Villages Lecture May 12, 2020
10:30 am–12:00 pm