Past Exhibitions
Ebrû
Contemporary Marbling by Feridun Özgören
Paper marbling, ebrû in Turkish, is a traditional art of the Islamic world. The marbler creates the colorful, swirling patterns of ebrû by floating...
Drawn to Design
This exhibition brought together working and presentation drawings and watercolors for the decorative arts from the Renaissance to the present. Based...
Ancient Gold: The Wealth of the Thracians
Treasures from the Republic of Bulgaria
The greatest concentration of gold and silver treasure from ancient Europe has come to light in the Republic of Bulgaria, the heart of the territory...
Fashions and Fabric in a Classical Mode
Art of the ancient Mediterranean world has been a vital and enduring source of inspiration for artists. Since Rome’s conquest of Greece and adoption...
Abelardo Morell and the Camera Eye
Through the eye of his camera, Abelardo Morell explores with the ways in which we perceive our everyday world. His pictures magically transform the...
Ambassadors from the East
Oriental Rugs in the MFA
In 1893 the Museum of Fine Arts acquired its first important carpet: an action-packed pictorial rug woven during the reign of Mughal Indian emperor...
Beauty Contest
Quality in Prints
This exhibition explored the multiple nature of original prints. From the 1890s on, the Museum’s print collection has been characterized by the...
Arthur G. Dove
Mixing Media
In his exploration of color and form, the American modernist painter Arthur G. Dove (1880-1946) pushed the limits of the materials he used in his...
An Adventure with Wallace & Gromit
Wallace & Gromit, Aardman Animation's Oscar-winning clay animation duo, were featured at the MFA in 1998. Daily screenings of the acclaimed trilogy "A...
A Grand Design
The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum
This exhibition celebrated London's Victoria and Albert Museum—the largest and most important museum of the decorative arts in the world. Its...