Past Exhibitions
Rachel Whiteread
"Village...simultaneously encourages and thwarts voyeurism, inviting viewers to peer into one empty room after another. Eventually it turns the tables: the illuminated windows become hundreds of Lilliputian eyes." —The New York Times
Zen Mind/Zen Brush
Japanese Ink Paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Collection
From the thirteenth through the fifteen centuries Zen monasteries were important centers of religious and cultural learning, but as a spiritual...
Karsh 100
A Biography in Images
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...