Current Exhibitions

Winged Isis Pectoral, gold ornament.

Ancient Nubia Now

October 13, 2019–January 20, 2020
Oil painting, Masquerade, by Grace Hartigan

Women Take the Floor

September 13, 2019–May 3, 2021
Her vision, her voice across a century of art
People looking at Mural, by Jackson Pollock, and Untitled by Katharina Grosse

Mural: Jackson Pollock | Katharina Grosse

July 1, 2019–February 23, 2020
Abstraction on a massive scale
Detail of acrylic painting, Suncrush (full with gradient), by Frank Bowling

Contemporary Art: Five Propositions

October 26, 2019–May 4, 2020
Reconsidering the MFA’s contemporary collection
Drawing of a women in conté, charcoal, and pastel coffee wash on cotton paper by Robert Pruitt titled Birth and Rebirth and Rebirth

The Banner Project: Robert Pruitt

October 26, 2019–December 31, 2020
Monumental banners pay homage to the resilience of African aesthetics
Still from digital video, Green Pink Caviar, by Marilyn Minter

Read My Lips

October 26, 2019–May 4, 2020
Four contemporary videos explore the female voice
Ink and color on silk by Chen Hongshou, Li Bai's Night Revel in Peach and Plum Garden

Weng Family Collection of Chinese Painting: Family and Friends

October 12, 2019–August 9, 2020
Celebrating a landmark gift of Chinese art
Consuela Kanaga, Young Girl in Profile, 1948. (gradient)

Viewpoints
Photographs from the Howard Greenberg Collection

August 10–December 15, 2019
Defining images from the 20th century
Chromogenic print of a floating girl by Hellen van Meene

Make Believe

July 20, 2019–January 20, 2020
Fantasy, fairy tales, and magic from five contemporary photographers
Detail of watercolor illustration from The Lassie and Her Godmother, by Kay Nielsen

Kay Nielsen’s Enchanted Vision
The Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection

July 20, 2019–January 20, 2020
Enter a world of beauty from the mind of a rare visionary
Detail of oil painting Female Corpse, Back View by Hyman Bloom.

Hyman Bloom: Matters of Life and Death

July 13, 2019–February 23, 2020
In search of an inner truth
Detail of Marsden Hartley's oil painting, Black Duck

Collecting Stories: A Mid-Century Experiment

May 4, 2019–March 8, 2020
Which artists will stand the test of time—and who decides?
Conservators working on Japanese Buddha sculpture

Conservation in Action: Japanese Buddhist Sculpture in a New Light

December 15, 2018–June 30, 2020
A rare, behind-the-scenes look at the conservation of seven Buddhist sculptures
Jeweled scroll brooch, made by Frank Gardner Hale

Boston Made
Arts and Crafts Jewelry and Metalwork

November 17, 2018–March 29, 2020
More than a style, a philosophy
Perla Mabel, Nasarah (detail), 2019. Oil on satin, fabrics, beads, two ferns.

SMFA at Tufts: Juried Student Exhibition 2019–2020

November 16, 2019–April 12, 2020
Works by the next generation of artists