Museum of Fine Arts Boston

On View

detail of Copley painting depicting men on rowboat trying to rescue person in water from shark

Art of the Americas: 1700–1800

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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

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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 man in elaborate dress peers over the shoulder of a reclining woman in white. She looks at him with concern as she holds her hand out.

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

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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!

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

Upcoming Events

The Roxbury International Film Festival

June 18–26

The Boston French Film Festival

July 24—August 23

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Detail of a colorful oil painting with several figures, including two lounging on a couch and two embracing

Celebrate Pride Month with the MFA

Make your way to “Counter History” to see Doron Langberg’s Merge (2023). Langberg is known for depicting friends and lovers resting in domestic settings, yet Merge moves these subjects into nighttime dance clubs, bars, and underground parties, letting Langberg paint more complex and layered compositions.

In Merge the artist thickly applies paint to depict parts of their figures’ bodies and visages while letting some of their extremities dissolve into the backdrop, as if they were becoming one with the spaces they occupy. The lushness and complexity of Langberg’s paint brings the richness of their subjects’ community to life in mesmerizing fashion.

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

This month we’re highlighting our partnership with the Haitian Artists Assembly of Massachusetts (HAAM). During our Juneteenth Open House, Charlot Lucien, one of HAAM’s cofounders, spoke about the first-ever work by a Haitian artist to go on view at the MFA.

If you weren’t able to make it to Juneteenth, you can still hear Charlot speak about André Pierre’s (1916–2005) Retour Des Esprits Guinen Après La Guerre d’Indépendance d’Haiti (Return of the Spirits of Ginen After Haiti’s War for Independence) (1990) on MFA Mobile on Bloomberg Connects and see the compelling work on view in gallery 134.