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August 16, 2014 - July 30, 2017 Ten works, including sculptures, paintings, installation, and video art, present contemporary art as the latest chapter in the story of landscape art through the ages, as told by the MFA’s encyclopedic collection. Works include a number of new acquisitions that have never before been on view, as well as new commissions by Jason Middlebrook and Anne Lindberg. Their s...

Ten works in the exhibition, including sculptures, paintings, installation, and video art, present contemporary art as the latest chapter in the story of landscape art through the ages, as told by the MFA’s encyclopedic collection. Works include a number of new acquisitions that have never before been on view, as well as new commissions by Jason Middlebrook and Anne Lindberg. Their soaring creatio...

This exhibiton is a very early work by Rembrandt, from a series of allegories of the five senses, is on view in the remastered galleries, on loan from one of the greatest private collections of Dutch Golden Age paintings in the world. While certainly the work of a young artist, yet to find his mature voice, this small painting nonetheless reveal many of the distinctive hallmarks of Rembrandt. A lu...

A 1943 portrait by the renowned modern American painter Milton Avery (1885–1965) of his friend Dikran Kelekian—a noted collector of modern paintings, Coptic, and Islamic art, and an influential dealer in Middle Eastern art of all periods—is the centerpiece of this installation. The presentation presents one example of Kelekian's success in encouraging contemporary artists to become interested in a...

This dazzling exhibition focuses on the Museum’s world-class collection of jewelry from Ancient Nubia (located in what is now Sudan). The Nubian adornments housed at the MFA constitute the most comprehensive collection outside Khartoum. “Gold and the Gods” includes more than one hundred treasures, including a gilt-silver mummy mask of Queen Malakaye and the famous Hathor-headed crystal pendant. Th...

July 19, 2014 - May 14, 2017 - This dazzling exhibition focuses on the Museum’s world-class collection of jewelry from Ancient Nubia (located in what is now Sudan). The Nubian adornments housed at the MFA constitute the most comprehensive collection outside Khartoum. As the conduit between the Mediterranean world and lands south of the Nile Valley, Nubia was known for its exotic luxury goods—espec...

This new public art installation of works by the artist in Millennium Park on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Plensa’s acclaimed Crown Fountain, coincides with the exhibition of recent sculpture by Jaume Plensa in a new range of media, currently on view at Richard Gray Gallery in Chicago. Both projects continue Plensa’s ongoing focus on the human figure, specifically the head as a sanctuar...

The exhibition and national tour are made possible by generous funding from the Henry Luce Foundation, as part of its 75th anniversary initiative. Asa Ames, New Discoveries, by Stacy C. Hollander. Yield of Total Elation, The Life & Art of A.G. Rizzoli. Closed Monday

April 5, 2014 - October 22, 2017 - The exhibition is welded aluminum with brushed aluminum finish Collection of the Taubman Museum of Art. Early influences on Barrett’s work include sculptors Henry Moore and Auguste Rodin. Since the mid-1960s, Barrett’s work has been shown in numerous exhibitions. His work is also in the the permanent collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Utsukushi-ga-Ha...

April 5, 2014 - September 20, 2016 - This exhibition celebrates China's artistic achievements crystallized in seasonal festivals, religious ceremonies and celebrations. Come and experience the liveliness of a drinking party, the opulence of a royal wedding and poetic evocation of spring on a delicate dish. With more than 30 highlights from the museum's wide-ranging Chinese collection spanning 3,00...