John Perkins, "Cadillac Eldorado Front End Design: Model Year 1968," 1965
Great Age of the American Automobile

The images in this exhibition showcase the beauty and ingenuity of American automotive design during the decades following World War II, a landmark period in car styling. Providing a rare glimpse into the creative process behind the scenes at some of Detroit’s premiere car companies, they...

Herb Ritts, "Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana, Naomi, Hollywood," 1989
Herb Ritts

This exhibition of Herb Ritts’ iconic photographs celebrates one of the most influential fashion photographers of our time. He began his photographic career in the late 1970s, and in addition to producing portraits and editorial fashion for Vogue, Vanity Fair, Interview and Rolling Stone,...

Jim Dine, "The Woodcut Bathrobe," 1975
Jim Dine: Theme and Variation

Painter, printmaker, and sculptor Jim Dine (born 1935), whose monumental images of bathrobes, tools, and hearts became icons of Pop Art during the 1960s and 70s, remains one of the most inventive and prolific printmakers of our time. This exhibition comprises a survey of his etchings, woodcuts,...

Claude Monet, "The Water Lily Pond," 1900
Looking East: Western Artists and the Allure of Japan, 1854-1925

This exhibition is drawn from the holdings of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, which has a rich collection of Western paintings, prints, drawings, and decorative arts inspired by contact with Japanese art and culture during a key period of cross-cultural exchange between East and West: from...

Edgar Degas, "Visit to a Museum," 1879-90
Painting Women

There have always been great women artists, but beginning in the nineteenth century, increased opportunities for education, domestic independence, and artistic training allowed many women to pursue their dreams of becoming painters. No longer simply the subjects for a male artist’s gaze,...

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American Landscape: 1830-1930

Featuring images of the American landscape from the seashore of New England to the mountains of the west, this exhibition will include approximately forty-five works from the MFA’s outstanding collections. Paintings by such well-known artists as Thomas Cole, Albert Bierstadt, Martin Johnson...