On View

A print with a red-and-white saw-toothed zigzag blanket pattern background overlaid with the image of woman riding on top of a decorated station wagon.

Ancestors and Place: Indigenous North American Prints

Closes October 16!

A six-panel folding screen depicting islands and trees in the middle of golden waves.

Arts of Japan

Now open

Beyond Brilliance

Now open

A foggy open meadow at dawn, dotted with trees, bushes, and brambles.

Barbara Bosworth: The Meadow

Through December 1

A charcoal drawing of tall evergreen trees growing out of large rocks and stretching into clouds.

Hyman Bloom: Landscapes of the Mind

Through December 1

A figure wrapped from the waist down in a red patterned textile reclines surrounded by green plants.

Tender Loving Care

Ongoing

A black-and-white, highly stylized image of a man on a dock in front of fish houses and an overcast sky.

Edwin Holgate as Printmaker

Through December 16

Art of Ancient Greece, Rome, and the Byzantine Empire

Ongoing

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Upcoming Events

Lands of Pure Delight: Seven Decades of Music Making with the Boston Camerata

October 6

Indigenous Peoples’ Day

October 14

MFA Late Nites

October 25

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Discovering Latin American and Latinx Artists at the MFA

ceramic vase made of mosaic of small tile pieces, depicting portrait of Frederick Douglass as well as various words in the style of street art

Art Credit

Roberto Lugo, Law and Order: The Reincarnation of Frederick Douglass, 2017. Porcelain, china paint, luster. Museum purchase with funds donated by Carol Shasha Green. Reproduced with permission.

The MFA marks Hispanic Heritage Month by celebrating Latinx communities in Boston and across the United States. On September 26, Latinx Heritage Night presents music, dance, and more in partnership with Amplify Latinx and Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, and from September 25 to 29 CineFest Latino Boston explores complex issues and brings cultures together through the power of film.

New this year is a bilingual MFA Mobile tour celebrating Latin American and Latinx artists in the collection, including a vessel by Philadelphia-based ceramicist Roberto Lugo.

Young child sitting at arts and craft table with other kids holding up artwork proudly

Learning and Community

Bringing people and art together
City Talk event taking place in Linde Family Wing; view from second floor, overlooking speaker and audience on first floor; more visitors lining the edge of second floor overlook

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A visitor reads an object guide on a wooden bench in "Tender Loving Care"

Art for This Moment

Personal responses to 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

Our MFA Promise

Creating a community where all belong
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