Chilean-born, New York–based artist Cecilia Vicuña stages a participatory meditative performance in conjunction with the opening of her exhibition,...

Learn to embroider while hand-sewing the civic study questions and answers that appear on the US naturalization test. This workshop is for anyone who...

A series of presentations inside “Club Americano” explore contemporary notions of American identity. Through academic and personal perspectives, we...

This evening gathering of diverse voices in “Club Americano” addresses how we perceive distant times and places through optical illusions, printed...

What brings us together? What sets us apart? Originating in London, gentlemen’s clubs became popular in much of the world during the19th century as...

Jakarta-based artists Tita Salina (b. 1973) and Irwan Ahmett (b. 1975) present Urban Play – Playing Data, a four-part performance and the culmination...

Lake Maligne is a seven-minute dance performance inspired by the exhibition "The Idea of North: The Paintings of Lawren Harris."

For her first solo exhibition, Boston-based artist Marilyn Arsem carries out the most durational performance to date of ther four-decade-long career...

Witness an ancient African hairstyle from a sculpture in the collection re-created by the hands of stylist Kathy Montrevil on the head of artist Sonya...

Wilmer Wilson connects Boston’s streets with the MFA’s collection in this walking performance

Opera singers offer the gift of song to visitors at the MFA

Shinique Smith choreographs a dance performance as part of the exhibition “BRIGHT MATTER”

Talk with academic Grant Kester as part of the exhibition “Conversation Piece”

Renowned performance artist Joan Jonas brings "Reanimation" to the MFA

Talk with Colombia’s Antanas Mockus as part of the exhibition “Conversation Piece”

Dancers from the Boston Ballet activate Sarah Crowner’s painting "Curtains"

Shinique Smith choreographs a dance performance as part of the exhibition “BRIGHT MATTER”

Regina José Galindo performs a new artwork for the MFA

Performance exploring the intersection of civic and military voices

The artist lies in state in a coffin, parodying the “death of the artist.”

Performance art exhibition with works by Patty Chang & Jeff Gibson

Hear excerpts of historically significant speeches

Pedro Reyes presents a new performance at the MFA, Pharmasphere

Performance art activates non-traditional spaces for exhibiting art at the Museum

Engage in a new performance, followed by screenings of rarely seen works

Performance art that provides insight into life on the US-Mexico border

Johnson conducts an interactive performance called "Messages."

Performance art: Sloss, Kerr, Rosenberg & Moore

Performance art that highlights the strength of the human spirit