Past Exhibitions
Laura McPhee
River of No Return
May 13–September 17, 2006
Laura McPhee’s stunning large-scale color photographs juxtapose idealized images of the land against the disarming reality of life in the twenty-first...
On Stage in Osaka
Actor Prints from the MFA Collection
April 5–December 31, 2006
“On Stage in Osaka: Actor Prints from the MFA Collection” includes distinctive prints made during the nineteenth century in Osaka that have never...
David Hockney Portraits
February 26–May 14, 2006
The best-known British artist of his generation, David Hockney portrays friends, family, and lovers—and himself—in works that have become icons of our...
SMFA Traveling Scholars
February 18–April 12, 2006
"SMFA Traveling Scholars" in the Foster Gallery presents recent work by seven graduates of the School. All seven share a passion and dedication to...
Light My Fire
Rock Posters from the Summer of Love
February 13–August 13, 2006
In the spring of 1966, the Avalon Ballroom and the Fillmore Auditorium, two separate venues near the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco...
Tradition and Transformation
Japanese Art 1860-1940
January 27–December 31, 2006
Immediately following the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry’s “black ships” in 1853, Japan cast aside its self-imposed isolation from the...
Degas to Picasso
Modern Masters
January 18–July 23, 2006
“Degas to Picasso: Modern Masters” is an ambitious, kaleidoscopic survey of European art from 1900 to the 1960s. This unprecedented panorama of...
Facets of Cubism
December 7, 2005–April 16, 2006
“This is an art that plays with difficulties and conquers them.”—Guillaume Apollinaire
2005 Maud Morgan Prize
Shelley Reed
November 22–December 11, 2005
A selection of striking paintings by Shelley Reed, recipient of the 2005 Maud Morgan prize, is on view in the Museum's Lower Rotunda through Dec 11...
West African Gold
Akan Regalia from the Glassell Collection
November 2, 2005–March 26, 2006
The Akan peoples, one of the largest ethnic groups in Ghana and Ivory Coast, are culturally similar and speak closely related languages. They have...