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Some of the world’s most popular tattoo motifs trace back to early 19th-century Edo (modern Tokyo), where tattoo artists took inspiration from color…
Self-Portrait
Learn how to draw a self-portrait using your MFA art kit or materials from home.
Center for Netherlandish Art Library
The Center for Netherlandish Art Library brings together the renowned collection of publications assembled by the late art historian Egbert Haverkamp…
The acclaimed portraits of President Barack Obama and Mrs. Michelle Obama come to the MFA on the final stop of their national tour.
Throughout his long career, American artist Dawoud Bey (b. 1953) has reimagined history by bringing untold stories to the forefront of his work. Best…
Dutch Specialties
Rogier van der Weyden’s Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin (about 1435–40) is arguably the greatest early Netherlandish painting in North America. Placed…
Creativity in Exile
Measuring ten by fifteen feet, Gerrit van Honthorst’s immense Triumph of the Winter Queen: Allegory of the Just (1636) is the focal point of…
Through dreamlike woven tapestries, Texas-born artist Diedrick Brackens (b. 1989) explores African American and queer identity, his own life, and…