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To Boston With Love

Saturday, May 25 10:00a

Visit "To Boston With Love," an installation of hundreds of hand-sewn squares created created by quilters in the US and around the world, including Canada, England, Ireland, France, Holland, Austra...

Watson Adventures’ Wizard School Scavenger Hunt

Saturday, Jun 1 1:00p

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Join a unique scavenger hunt for Harry Potter Fans at the Museum of Fine Arts! Search for art that echoes characters, and enchanted objects in the Harry Potter books and movies...

Art in the Streets: European Posters

Tuesday, May 21 10:00a

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

This show may be small (41 items) but it's choice -- and extremely charming. Artists with work on display include Bennard, Kandinsky, Schiele, and El Lissitzky. - Mark Feeney, Globe Staff

Introduction To Museum Collections In French

Wednesday, May 22 11:15a

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

One-hour tours, given by Museum-trained guides, feature masterpieces from the collections...

Introduction To Museum Collections In Spanish

Monday, May 27 2:00p

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

One-hour tours in Spanish for adults led by Museum guides, featuring MFA masterpieces. Part of Free Memorial Day Community Weekend. See the full schedule of events...

SMFA Traveling Fellow: “Ridley Howard: Fields and Stripes”

Tuesday, May 21 10:00a

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Throughout his young career, Ridley Howard (SMFA alumnus, MFA 1999) has explored how 21st-century painting might capture intense yet veiled emotion...

Special Loans From The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York

Saturday, May 25 10:00a

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

View three special paintings lent by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art: Northeaster (1895) by Winslow Homer; Lachrymae (about 1894-95; completed by 1901) by Frederic, Lord Leighton; and The Mon...

New Blue and White

Tuesday, May 21 10:00a

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

A brilliant, out-of-the-box show looking at the dynamic responses of contemporary artists across the world to the tradition of blue and white porcelain. - Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff

Bruce Davidson: East 100th Street

Tuesday, May 21 10:00a

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The celebrated Magnum photographer spent two years in the mid-'60s visiting East Harlem almost every day. The 43 images in the show are social documentary at its best. - Mark Feeney, Globe Staff

Lois Mailou Jones

Wednesday, May 22 10:00a

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

This retrospective traces the career of the 20th-century painter, whose work reached full flower in the 1960s and '70s, with works that integrate African and Caribbean influences, design smarts, an...

Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane, Master Drawings From the Casa Buonarroti

Tuesday, May 21 10:00a

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Twenty-six Michelangelow drawings from his own collection, on loan from the museum in Florence that was once his home...

MFA First Fridays

Friday, Jun 7 6:00p

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Put some culture into your new year at this monthly event featuring fine art, music, signature cocktails, and tapas. Tunes for the January edition will be provided by DJ Holtie...

Samurai! Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection

Tuesday, May 21 10:00a

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Japanese armor worn by shoguns, or warlords, from the 12th to the 19th centuries, from a respected Texan private collection...

D8: Museum Exploration Sketchbook, Adult

Thursday, Jun 27 6:30p

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Dates: Thursdays, Eight-session, June 27-August 22 (No class July 4) Course Description: While exploring every area of the MFA over 8 classes, we will fill an entire sketchbook...

The Early Italian Renaissance At The Early MFA Boston

Saturday, Jul 13 12:00p

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

This talk, led by guest lecturer Deborah Stein, will introduce Italian Renaissance sculptural works of the 14th and 15th centuries that were among the earliest original Renaissance pieces to enter ...

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