Past Exhibitions
Manet in Black
February 18–October 28, 2012
Edouard Manet’s friend, the poet Charles Baudelaire, described black as the color of the nineteenth century. Manet was a master in the use of black...
Silver, Salt, and Sunlight
Early Photography in Britain and France
February 7–September 3, 2012
Celebrate the golden age of early photography
Paper Zoo
February 7–September 3, 2012
“Paper Zoo” brings together prints, drawings, and photographs of the animal kingdom (including birds and marine creatures) dating from about 1500 to...
Histories of Now: Six Artists from Cairo
January 18–March 17, 2012
Organized by the SMFA, “Histories of Now: Six Artists from Cairo” is an exhibition of recent video and multimedia installations by some of Egypt’s...
Jedediah Caesar
Soft Structures
December 17, 2011–April 1, 2012
Since receiving his BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1998, Los Angeles–based artist Jedediah Caesar has gained international...
Gems of Rajput Painting
December 10, 2011–September 3, 2012
Enjoy a jewel of an exhibition in our newly renovated Asian Paintings gallery.
Aphrodite and the Gods of Love
October 26, 2011–February 20, 2012
Pay homage to the goddess of love at this groundbreaking exhibition featuring spectacular loans from Italy.
Degas and the Nude
October 9, 2011–February 5, 2012
“Deeply absorbing, illuminating, very dramatic” —The New Yorker
Beauty as Duty
Textiles and the Home Front in WWII Britain
October 8, 2011–May 28, 2012
The British experience during and after WWII was quite different from that of Americans. From the fall of 1940 through the spring of 1941, Britain was...
Maud Morgan Prize 2011
Wendy Jacob
September 17, 2011–July 8, 2012
About the Prize: Established in 1993 in recognition of New England artist Maud Morgan (1903–1999), the Maud Morgan Prize honors a Massachusetts woman...