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detail of painting of four women and one man in a room; two specters flank one of the seated women

Modern Art

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Visitor in red jacket walks around tall, finger-like, black stone sculpture, with wooden trellis-like sculpture in foreground

Martin Puryear: Nexus

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A quilt composed of multicolored squares, each with two contrasting circle inside of it.

One Hundred Stitches, One Hundred Villages

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A bearded man wears a black hat and looks sternly at the viewer.

Reality and Imagination: Rembrandt and the Jews in the Dutch Republic

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A man in a suit and had stands looking in the distance; behind him, two women in fur coats turn their backs.

Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography

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Nude figures in a field shepherd and ride an elaborate structure made out of bones.

The Bold and the Beautiful

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Brick obelisk, brick dome, and brick panels with writing in Spanish on them.

Rituals for Remembering: María Magdalena Campos-Pons and Ana Mendieta

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Upcoming Events

MLK Day

January 19

First Fridays

February 6

Lunar New Year

February 19

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watercolor painting depicting two women leaning over edge of boat on calm waters, talking at another woman leaning across another boat

Our Gift to You: More Time with Homer

The response to “Of Light and Air: Winslow Homer in Watercolor” has been incredible—so we’re giving you even more opportunities to see it by extending weekend hours! Every Saturday and Sunday through January 18, you can visit the exhibition until 6 pm. For a limited time in New American Café, we’re serving a soft pretzel and beer cheese appetizer paired with Maine Beer Company’s Lunch IPA, in honor of Homer’s home and studio in Prouts Neck, Maine, and keeping the popular exhibition shop open late.

Don’t miss the final Saturday, January 17, when the exhibition is open until 8 pm for one last evening with Homer!

Beyond a boy sitting on a red rocky cliff, schooners sail into a calm harbor.

When Homer Went to Gloucester

How two summers on the coast transformed his art
An elaborately decorated desk and bookcase with arabesque wooden inlays.

America at 250

Reflecting on American art from the collection
A woman and child sit at a table and paint.

Boston Family Days

Free admission for Boston students on first and second Sundays
"Here All Belong" overlaid on top of grid of four artwork details: a drawing of a Black man with short hair and a mustache; a painting of a red-haired white woman with a flower in her hair; a painting of a white woman in a hat and fur coat reclining; a sculpture of an Egyptian king

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