Museum of Fine Arts Boston

On View

A collaged images featuring a woman, nude from the waist up, with her back turned to the viewer; a Paul Gauguin painting, and a woman posing for a portrait while sitting in a chair.

Subvert, Repair, Reclaim: Contemporary Artists Take Back the Nude

Now open

A close-up of a grayscale photograph with old camera lenses mounted on top of it.

Fazendo a América: Rosângela Rennó and Histories of Memory and Migration in Brazil

Now open

A bearded man wears a black hat and looks sternly at the viewer.

Reality and Imagination: Rembrandt and the Jews in the Dutch Republic

Now open

A man in a suit and had stands looking in the distance; behind him, two women in fur coats turn their backs.

Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography

Closes July 13!

A sunlit hallway with large banners hanging from the rafters.

The Banner Project: Mark Thomas Gibson

Closes June 22!

Painting of bright purple, yellow, red, pink, and white chrysanthemums.

Upcoming Events

Celebrate Pride Month with the MFA

On June 5, celebrate Pride with art making, Spotlight Talks, a drag performance by Coleslaw, and music by DJ Dayglow during First Fridays.

Either during the event, or anytime in June, make your way to “Counter History” to see Doron Langberg’s Merge (2023). Langberg depicts his friends and lovers at what could be a bar, dance club, or underground party. The lushness and complexity of the artist’s paint brings the richness of his subjects’ community to life in a mesmerizing fashion.

If you’re attending Boston’s Pride Parade on June 6, be on the look out for MFA staff members marching in support of the community!

Detail of a vibrantly colored scene with figures in white clothing surrounded by tropical foliage — André Pierre, *Retour Des Esprits Guinen Après La Guerre d’Indépendance d’Haiti* *(Return of the Spirits of Ginen After Haiti’s War for Independence)* (detail), 1990. The Fulling Collection.

Caribbean American Heritage Month

June is Caribbean American Heritage Month and we’re highlighting our partnership with the Haitian Artists Assembly of Massachusetts (HAAM). Charlot Lucien, one of HAAM’s co-founders, joins us for our Juneteenth Open House to give a Spotlight Talk about the first-ever work by a Haitian artist to go on view at the MFA, on loan from a private collection.

Hear Charlot speak about Retour Des Esprits Guinen Après La Guerre d’Indépendance d’Haiti (Return of the Spirits of Ginen After Haiti’s War for Independence) (1990), by contemporary artist André Pierre (1916–2005). Pierre envisions the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804), when enslaved Africans won their freedom from European colonizers, and suggests the ongoing struggles for racial and political justice.

Visit during Juneteenth to hear directly from Charlot or see the compelling work on view in gallery 134, part of our reimagined 18th-century Art of the Americas galleries, anytime this summer.