On View

Visitor holding cane looking at large sculpture of bald head on tall white pedestal, with other visitors walking around in the gallery and looking at drawings on walls

Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson

Closes June 22!

A surreal and colorful landscape with faces and flora.

The Visionary Art of Minnie Evans

Now open

Brick obelisk, brick dome, and brick panels with writing in Spanish on them.

Rituals for Remembering: María Magdalena Campos-Pons and Ana Mendieta

Now open

A colorful scene modeled after Picasso's 'Guernica.'

Counter History

Now open

Stylized cluster of peaches on a branch with leaves.

Qi Baishi: Inspiration in Ink

Now open

Black-and-white photographs layered on top of one another; on left, photograph of person sitting on bench cross-legged; on right, photograph of person folding large bundle of balloons

Robert Frank: Mary’s Book

Closes June 22!

Painting depicting four men in a grey forest digging up a fallen tree

Landscape and Labor

Closes June 22!

At left, a silver sculpture of Julia Marden in traditional regalia holding up fan made of turkey feathers; at right, a silver sculpture of Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines Jr. reading from piece of paper.

Huntington Avenue Entrance Commission: The Knowledge Keepers

Ongoing

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MFA First Fridays

June 6

Juneteenth

June 19

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Museum staff participating in pride parade, holding up banner that reads Here All Belong MFA Boston5

The MFA Celebrates Pride

In addition to participating in Boston’s annual Pride Parade, the MFA is celebrating with a special Pride-themed First Friday. Visitors can also find work by queer artists throughout the galleries, including Frida Kahlo’s iconic Dos Mujeres.

At left, brick obelisk, brick dome, and brick panels with writing in Spanish on them; at right, a print depicting a woman covered in mud stands with her arms up and back against a tree.

Caribbean American Heritage Month

This Caribbean American Heritage Month, explore the works of María Magdalena Campos-Pons and Ana Mendieta in “Rituals for Remembering,” the first focused look at these globally influential artists side by side. Their practices share a reckoning with displacement and exile from their homes in Cuba.

Artist John Wilson stands in front of his sculpture of a father and child reading.

John Wilson Around Boston

Where to find his art in the city in beyond
A woman and child sit at a table and paint.

Boston Family Days

Free admission for Boston students on first and second Sundays
A weather vane with heavy patina that looks like a woman in a Phrygian cap and dress holding an American flag.

America at 250

Reflecting on American art from the collection
"Here All Belong" overlaid on top of grid of four artwork details: a drawing of a Black man with short hair and a mustache; a painting of a red-haired white woman with a flower in her hair; a painting of a white woman in a hat and fur coat reclining; a sculpture of an Egyptian king

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