Past Exhibitions
Drawing
A Broader Definition
October 27, 2007–May 4, 2008
"Drawing: A Broader Definition" brings together sixty-six objects from across the Museum’s collections to show various approaches to drawing on both...
Symbols of Power
Napoleon and the Art of the Empire Style, 1800-1815
October 21, 2007–January 27, 2008
Named for the Napoleonic Empire at the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Empire style is one of the grandest and most opulent in the history of...
Arthur Wesley Dow
Photographer and Printmaker
October 1, 2007–February 17, 2008
The MFA celebrates its acquisition of a rare album of 264 cyanotypes by New Englander Arthur Wesley Dow with an installation of the blue-toned...
Walk This Way
September 27, 2007–March 23, 2008
While shoes serve a practical function by protecting our soles from the elements and hazards underfoot, they have also become highly ornamented...
Arts of Japan
The John C. Weber Collection
September 22, 2007–January 13, 2008
One of the finest private holdings of Japanese art outside Japan, Dr. John C. Weber's collection has been formed over the last decade, a period during...
Winslow Homer at the MFA
September 20–December 31, 2007
This select installation in the Lower Rotunda features iconic paintings by Winslow Homer from the permanent collection, including Boys in a Pasture...
Shy Boy, She Devil, and Isis
The Art of Conceptual Craft. Selections from the Wornick Collection
September 11, 2007–January 6, 2008
Encompassing works of art in a variety of media, this exhibition features nearly 120 highlights from the distinguished collection of Ronald C. and...
Drama and Desire
Japanese Paintings from the Floating World 1690–1850
August 28–December 16, 2007
With the establishment of Edo (modern-day Tokyo) as the major political and commercial center of Japan in the seventeenth century, artists developed a...
Resounding Ragas
Paintings and Musical Memory in India
July 3, 2007–April 13, 2008
Indian paintings depicting music visually evoke aspects of specific modes called ragas. The word raga is derived from the Sanskrit root ranj , which...
Contemporary Outlook: German Photography
July 2, 2007–February 10, 2008
In the 1920s and early ‘30s German photography was dominated by two distinct approaches to making images. The first, associated with the work and...