Exhibitions at the MFA

The Stillness of Things: Photographs from the Lane Collection

August 27, 2022–February 27, 2023
Clementine Brown Gallery and Herb Ritts Gallery

Supported by the Shelly and Michael Kassen Fund.

Portraits of Leadership: Responses to the Obama Portraits

September 3, 2022–October 30, 2022
Gallery next to MFA Signature Shop and Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Visitor Center

Organized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC. Support for the tour has been generously provided by Bank of America. The exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is generously supported by Suffolk Cares, Carolyn and Peter Lynch and the Lynch Foundation, the Crimson Lion / Lavine Family Foundation, and Patti and Jonathan Kraft. Additional support from the Adams-Budding-Cohen Family, Bridgitt and Bruce Evans, Susan Clark Livingston, and the Hutchins Family Foundation. Media Partner is WCVB Channel 5 ABC Boston. With gratitude to Converse, the 7uice Foundation, the Boston Foundation, and the Obama Foundation.

The Obama Portraits Tour

September 3, 2022–October 30, 2022
Lois B. and Michael K. Torf Gallery

Organized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC. Support for the tour has been generously provided by Bank of America. The exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is generously supported by Suffolk Cares, Carolyn and Peter Lynch and the Lynch Foundation, the Crimson Lion / Lavine Family Foundation, and Patti and Jonathan Kraft. Additional support from the Adams-Budding-Cohen Family, Bridgitt and Bruce Evans, Susan Clark Livingston, and the Hutchins Family Foundation. Media Partner is WCVB Channel 5 ABC Boston. With gratitude to Converse, the 7uice Foundation, the Boston Foundation, and the Obama Foundation.

Life Magazine and the Power of Photography

October 9, 2022–January 16, 2023
Ann and Graham Gund Gallery

Sponsored by Bank of America and generously supported by Patti and Jonathan Kraft, with additional support from Kate Moran Collins and Emi M. and William G. Winterer. With gratitude to the Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust for its generous support of photography at the MFA. Co-organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Princeton University Art Museum. Media Partner is Black Math.

Body Awareness: Maria Lassnig’s Experimental Films

October 15, 2022–April 2, 2023
Lizbeth and George Krupp Gallery

Produced in collaboration with Phileas–The Austrian Office for Contemporary Art. With gratitude to the Maria Lassnig Foundation, the Austrian Film Museum, and sixpackfilm.

Frank Bowling’s Americas

October 22, 2022–April 9, 2023
Henry and Lois Foster Gallery and Charlotte F. and Irving W. Rabb Gallery

Generously supported by the Abrams Foundation and the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation. Additional generous support from the Henry and Lois Foster Fund for Contemporary Exhibitions. Supported by the Robert and Jane Burke Fund for Exhibitions, the Barbara Jane Anderson Fund, the Museum Council Special Exhibition Fund, and the Amy and Jonathan Poorvu Fund for the Exhibition of Contemporary Art and Sculpture.

SMFA at Tufts: Archive and Autobiography

November 19, 2022–April 16, 2023
Edward H. Linde Gallery

Generously supported by the Callaghan Family Fund for Contemporary Exhibitions.

Making Past Present: Cy Twombly

January 14–May 7, 2023
Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art, Level 2

Sponsored by the Cy Twombly Foundation. Generously supported by the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation, Amy and David Abrams, the Bafflin Foundation, and Lisa and Tom Blumenthal. Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities.

Who Holds Up the Sky?

January 21–September 4, 2023
Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Visitor Center

Organized in partnership with the Wartime Art Archive at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) NGO in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina

March 4–July 9, 2023
Lois B. and Michael K. Torf Gallery

Generously supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Henry Luce Foundation, and the Americana Foundation. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support from the Wyeth Foundation for American Art, the Bruce and Laura Monrad Fund for Exhibitions, the Dr. Lawrence H. and Roberta Cohn Exhibition Fund, the Eugenie Prendergast Memorial Fund, and an anonymous funder. Media Partner is WCVB Channel 5 ABC Boston. Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence

March 26–July 16, 2023
Ann and Graham Gund Gallery

Sponsored by UNIQLO USA and generously supported by the MFA Associates / MFA Senior Associates. Additional support from the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Exhibition Fund, the Museum Council Artist in Residency Program Fund, the Dr. Terry Satsuki Milhaupt Fund for Japanese Textiles, the MFA Associates / MFA Senior Associates Exhibition Endowment Fund, the Patricia B. Jacoby Exhibition Fund, and the Alexander M. Levine and Dr. Rosemarie D. Bria-Levine Exhibition Fund.

The Provincetown Printmakers

April 1–October 15, 2023
Clementine Brown Gallery

Supported by the Susan G. Kohn and Harry Kohn Jr. Fund for Contemporary Prints.

Painted Tintypes: Photography for the People

April 1–October 15, 2023
Herb Ritts Gallery

Supported by the Benjamin A. Trustman and Julia M. Trustman Fund.

E. Jane: Drenched in Light

May 6–October 1, 2023
Lizbeth and George Krupp Gallery

Supported by the Museum Council Artist in Residency Program Fund.

Community Arts Initiative: From Farm to Craft Table

May 13–October 22, 2023
Edward H. Linde Gallery

The Community Arts Initiative is generously supported by the Linde Family Foundation.

Something Old, Something New: Wedding Fashions and Traditions

May 27–October 1, 2023
Edward and Nancy Roberts Family Gallery

The Media Partner for “Something Old, Something New: Wedding Fashions and Traditions” is Boston Weddings.

Traveling Exhibitions

World of the Pharaohs

May 17, 2013–December 31, 2023
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Houston, Texas

The Heroes—Chronicles of the Warriors: Japanese Swords x Ukiyo-e from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

July 2–August 28, 2022
Shizuoka City Museum of Art
Tokyo, Japan

Art and Power: From Pharaohs to Daimyōs. Masterworks from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

July 23–October 2, 2022
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Tokyo, Japan

The Heroes—Chronicles of the Warriors: Japanese Swords x Ukiyo-e from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

September 10–November 20, 2022
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
Kobe, Japan

Nubia: Jewels of Ancient Sudan from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

October 12, 2022–April 3, 2023
The Getty Villa Museum
Los Angeles, California

Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

November 17, 2022–March 12, 2023
Skirball Cultural Center
Los Angeles, California

Ansel Adams in Our Time

April 8–July 23, 2023
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, de Young
San Francisco, California

Ancient Nubia: Art of the 25th Dynasty from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

June 9–September 3, 2023
High Museum of Art
Atlanta, Georgia