From it's beginnings in 1876 with 5,600 works of art, the MFA now holds a comprehensive collection encompassing 500,000 works of art, spanning the history of artistic endeavor from ancient Egyptian to contemporary.
Major collections include Art of the Americas, Art of Europe from the Middle Ages through the mid-20th century, Asian Art since 4000 BC, African and Pacific Art, an encyclopedic collection of Antiquities, and Contemporary Art.
125 paintings & 70 drawings from some 40 collections trace his career
Explores Turner as an interpreter and champion for his generation
Traces narratives of Blackness across the Atlantic world
A five-city tour of the portraits by artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald
Celebrating a landmark gift of Chinese art
More than 60 works —new and old— in 21 “conversations”
Examines how the magazine shaped the modern idea of photography in the United States