Past Exhibitions
Karsh 100
A Biography in Images
September 23, 2008–January 19, 2009
"The legacy of Yousuf Karsh—the man behind the lens of some of the 20th century’s most famous photographic portraits—is illuminated." —artdaily.org
Art and Empire
Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum
September 21, 2008–January 4, 2009
From the ninth to the seventh centuries BC, the Assyrians emerged as the dominant power in the Near East, controlling all of present-day Iraq, Syria...
Visions of Kyoto
Scenes from Japan's Ancient Capital
September 20, 2008–May 31, 2009
Boston’s sister city for the past fifty years, Kyoto was the capital of Japan for over a thousand years, from its founding in 794 until the emperor...
1950s and 1960s "Dream Car" Model-rama
August 9, 2008
From 1937 to 1968, General Motors Corporation conducted a student model "dream car" competition and "auto styling" talent search; college scholarships...
Imperishable Beauty
Art Nouveau Jewelry
July 23–November 9, 2008
This exhibition includes about 120 works by the leading designers and fabricators of late nineteenth- to early twentieth-century Art Nouveau jewelry.
Twentieth-Century Modernism
June 30–October 1, 2008
This select installation in the Lower Rotunda features masterpieces of twentieth-century modernism from the Lane Collection, including the lyrical...
Preserving History, Making History
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
June 20, 2008–June 30, 2012
As part of celebrating the renovation and re-opening of the State Street Corporation Fenway Entrance, this exhibition tells the story of the Museum's...
Winslow Homer
American Scenes
June 20, 2008–January 11, 2009
Selections from the Museum's rich collection of works by Winslow Homer (1836–1910) are on view in the Lee Gallery, just inside the newly opened State...
Great Company
Portraits by European Masters
June 20, 2008–January 4, 2009
At the heart of the second floor of the Evans Wing, at the top of the great staircase that opens from the new State Street Corporation Fenway Entrance...
El Greco to Velázquez
Art during the Reign of Philip III
April 20–July 27, 2008
"A vivid, often passionate picture of Spain at the dawn of the 17th century...Putting these two geniuses in context with their contemporaries charts a fascinating progression." —Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe