Past Exhibitions

Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson

February 8–June 22, 2025

A Roxbury artist’s vision of America Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, John Wilson (1922–2015) is one of Boston’s most esteemed artists. His work, made...

Robert Frank: Mary’s Book

December 21, 2024–June 22, 2025

Celebrating the centennial of photographer Robert Frank’s (1924–2019) birth, this exhibition takes an in-depth look at the personal scrapbook of...

Landscape and Labor
Dutch Works on Paper in Van Gogh’s Time

December 21, 2024–June 22, 2025

Although Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) is today perhaps the most famous Dutch artist of all, in his own time he was relatively little known, especially...

Fragments of Self
SMFA at Tufts Juried Student Exhibition

November 23, 2024–April 27, 2025

This exhibition brings together work from emerging artists that explores the different aspects of personhood—their own and those of others. The...

Tha Sun Will Set
Contemporary Abstraction and the Body

November 16, 2024–April 6, 2025

Comprising nine works by three generations of female artists from the Americas, “Tha Sun Will Set: Contemporary Abstraction and the Body” draws from...

Power of the People: Art and Democracy

October 26, 2024–February 17, 2025

“Power of the People: Art and Democracy” highlights the ways in which art has expressed ideas about democracy throughout history and how artists have...

Georgia O’Keeffe and Henry Moore

October 13, 2024–January 20, 2025

American painter Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986) and British sculptor Henry Moore (1898–1986) are among the most distinctive artists of the 20th century...

Dalí: Disruption and Devotion

July 6–December 1, 2024

The outlandish and iconoclastic artist Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) is famous for his bizarre imagery and distinctive Surrealist vision. He was, however...

Edwin Holgate as Printmaker

June 26–December 16, 2024

Among the most celebrated works by Canadian artist Edwin Holgate (1892–1977) are his prints. Although modest in number—he made just over sixty, almost...

The Banner Project: Troy Montes Michie

June 25, 2024–June 23, 2025

Through assemblage and juxtaposition, Troy Montes Michie (b. 1985) creates work centering the Black male body and considers how it has historically...