Past Exhibitions
Giant Inspirations
The Artist Project for the Community Arts Initiative
"Giant Inspirations" is an interactive video-projection technique that transforms people into monumental works of art. From October 2006 through May...
Glittering Gold
Illumination in Islamic Art
Koran verses from as early as the eighth century were embellished with elaborate gold illumination that was later extended to frontispieces and...
Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper's luminous paintings captured classic images of middle-class America and made him one of the most popular artists of the twentieth...
War and Discontent
Among the masterpieces in the MFA’s collection are three exceptional works inspired by contemporary political events: Edouard Manet's extraordinary...
Material Journeys
Collecting African and Oceanic Art, 1945–2000. Selections from the Geneviève McMillan Collection
For over sixty years, Mrs. Geneviève McMillan, a Cambridge resident, has collected African and Oceanic art, a lifelong passion that began when she was...
Through Six Generations
The Weng Collection of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy
The history of the Weng Collection reads like an epic novel. Assembled primarily during the nineteenth century, the collection has survived the tumult...
SMFA Traveling Scholars
"SMFA Traveling Scholars" in the Foster Gallery presents recent work by five graduates of the School. All are working in a strong, individual style...
Donatello to Giambologna
Italian Renaissance Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"[The Renaissance] remains infectiously alive in this captivating exhibition."—The Boston Globe
Women of Renown
Female Heroes and Villains in the Prints of Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi uniquely combined the popular theme of beautiful women with his personal specialty, warrior prints showing legendary heroic...
Michael Mazur
The Art of the Print
This exhibition of twenty-five works, created from the late 1950s to the present, celebrates the New England painter and printmaker's gift to the MFA...