View of the Art of the Americas Wing galleries from the Shapiro Courtyard
Art of the Americas Wing: November 20, 2010 - December 31, 2016

The centerpiece of the MFA’s historic expansion is a spectacular new wing for the Art of the Americas collection, which will double the number of objects from the collection on view, including several large-scale masterpieces not displayed for decades.  Learn more about the new wing.

Sanford Robinson Gifford, "An October Afternoon," 1871
Art of the White Mountains: July 14, 2012 - July 7, 2013

Beginning in the first decades of the nineteenth century, artists and writers were drawn to the pristine beauty of north New Hampshire's natural wonders: majestic peaks in the Franconia and Presidential ranges crowned by Mount Washington, the highest summit in the northeast; Crawford, Pinkham...

Lois Mailou Jones, "La Baker," 1977
Loïs Mailou Jones: January 19, 2013 - October 14, 2013

“Loïs Mailou Jones” presents 30 paintings and drawings by the distinguished, internationally acclaimed graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Born and raised in Boston, Jones attended the SMFA during high school and earned a scholarship that enabled her to receive her...