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Designing the Modern Utopia
Soviet Textiles from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection
July 26, 2006–February 25, 2007
“Designing the Modern Utopia” paints a fascinating picture of a uniquely Soviet experiment in social and sartorial engineering. The exhibition…
Within the world of Islam there are many different attitudes toward the arts. For sufis , those Muslims who follow a mystical path, creating art is…
The controversial painter Dong Qichang (1555–1626) is alternately regarded as the greatest artist in Chinese history or simply clumsy with the brush.…
Sargent, Chase, Cassatt
Master Paintings from a Private Collection
July 1–September 13, 2006
Comprising 23 paintings and works on paper, “Sargent, Chase, and Cassatt: Master Paintings from a Private Collection” makes an excellent complement to…
"When today we look for 'American art' we find it mainly in Paris. When we find it out of Paris, we at least find a good deal of Paris in it." —Henry…
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” includes distinctive prints made during the nineteenth century in Osaka that have never…
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" in the Foster Gallery presents recent work by seven graduates of the School. All seven share a passion and dedication to…
In the spring of 1966, the Avalon Ballroom and the Fillmore Auditorium, two separate venues near the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco…