Writing the Future: A Closer Look @mfaboston

Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

MFA Member Lectures: Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson

Japanese Lacquerware Culture and the Appeal of Urushi

The MFA’s Korean Art Collection and Hallyu!

Worlds within Worlds: Portraying Nature as Microcosms

Rachel Ruysch: The Making of an Exhibition

Jewish Feminism: Transforming Ritual Practice 3/13/24

The Napoleonic Empire and its Discontents

It Women and John Singer Sargents Self- Fashioning

$Mark Thomas Gibson: American History Now Mark Thomas Gibson, whose “Banner Project” features a large-scale expansion of his Town Crier series, describes himself as an “American history painter” for our turbulent times. Join Gibson as he discusses his work with MFA curators, on the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding and ahead of the opening of the MFA’s reimagined galleries for 18th-century art of the Americas. Learn about the everyday heroics of the Revolutionary era and take a deep dive into Gibson’s work to understand the growth, fracturing, and future of America’s collective promise. Mark Thomas Gibson, artist Carmen Hermo, Lorraine and Alan Bressler Curator for Contemporary Art Dr. Ethan Lasser, chief of Curatorial Affairs and Conservation Thursday, May 21, 2026$

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Writing the Future: A Closer Look