Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

📣 Calling all college students! Ever wondered what it's like to work at a museum? Through the MFA Pathways internship program, you can explore your passions and gain hands-on training from amazing mentors—and get paid to do it. Applications are now open for this fall! We're hosting a virtual info session on July 30 at 6 pm—tune in to ask questions, meet past and current Pathways interns, and learn more about the program: http://ms.spr.ly/6044lRRms

We're excited to announce two staff appointments in our Department of Contemporary Art! Carmen Hermo has been named the Lorraine and Alan Bressler Curator of Contemporary Art. Carmen joins us from the Brooklyn Museum’s Center for Feminist Art, where she is Associate Curator. Claire Howard has been named the Hansjörg Wyss Curator of Modern Art. Claire comes to the MFA from the University of Texas at Austin's Blanton Museum of Art, where is Associate Curator, Collections and Exhibitions. Under the direction of Ian Alteveer, Beal Family Chair, both curators will be in dialogue with a growing department focused on the art of the mid-20th century to the present in a global context, including painting, sculpture, time-based media and performance. We look forward to welcoming Carmen and Claire to the MFA in September! 📷: Carmen Hermo by Paul John, 2024

Edwin Holgate was one of Canada’s leading artists in the 1920s and 1930s. Among Holgate’s most celebrated works are his prints. Although modest in number—he made just over 60, almost all in the decade after 1922—they are brilliant examples of the early 20th-century revival of woodblock printing. Today, he is recognized as one of Canada’s finest printmakers. In October 2023, the MFA received a significant gift of work by Holgate from Leonard and Ellen Milberg in loving memory of their son, David Milberg. Holgate’s prints are rare, and this gift of 38 prints provides the Museum with the largest and most important representation of his work outside of Canada. See a selection of them on view now! 🎨: Edwin Holgate (Canadian, 1892–1977), "Reading" (about 1931)

Hello, Dalí 👋 The outlandish and iconoclastic artist Salvador Dalí is famous for his bizarre imagery, eccentric behavior and unparalleled technical skill. The renowned Surrealist was also, however, deeply rooted in tradition. He revered his artistic predecessors—among them Dürer, Raphael, El Greco, Vermeer and above all Velázquez. Now open, our first-ever exhibition of the artist's work juxtaposes nearly 30 paintings and prints on loan from The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, with European masterpieces from the MFA’s collection: http://ms.spr.ly/6048lGVcu “Dalí: Disruption and Devotion” is included with general admission! Photo by Reporters Associés/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

As Disability Pride Month begins today, we're highlighting our Feeling For Form program, which provides multisensory tours for people who are blind or have low vision. Launched over 30 years ago, these tours give participants the opportunity to explore select sculpture and furniture through touch, and experience art that may not be touched through verbal description, tactile graphics and other materials. Our Manager of Accessibility Jessica Doonan recently welcomed JoAnn Becker for a Feeling for Form tour in our Art of the Americas Wing, where the pair explored works by John Wilson, Arthur Dove and William Wetmore Story. ➡️ The MFA strives to create paths to access for all members of our community with disabilities or health challenges. Learn more about Accessibility at the MFA: http://ms.spr.ly/6044lBaOG

"We hope that visitors come away with a feeling like they belonged here." —Jessica Doonan, the MFA's Manager of Accessibility 📰 Read more in WBUR about our partnership with Women's Lunch Place, a daytime women's shelter and advocacy center in Boston: http://ms.spr.ly/6047Yf2xD

Congrats to our MVP Jaylen Brown 🏆 We’ll see you and the rest of the Boston Celtics on the parade route! ☘️ 🖼️: Albert Bierstadt (American (born in Germany), 1830–1902), "Valley of the Yosemite" (1864), oil on paperboard

The MFA announced today that Matthew Teitelbaum, Ann and Graham Gund Director and CEO since 2015, intends to retire from the Museum in August 2025, marking 10 years as director. Under his leadership, the MFA, which was founded in 1870, has introduced new initiatives, programs, and partnerships to invite, welcome, and engage diverse audiences and build a more inclusive community of visitors, staff, volunteers and supporters. For more, please read our press release: http://ms.spr.ly/6049Y2k41

Join us today as we honor Juneteenth! In partnership with Citizens, admission to the MFA is free for all Massachusetts residents today from 10 am–5 pm. Explore more than a dozen exhibitions on view, including "Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party," which brings together 27 photographs by photojournalist Stephen Shames that feature the women, or “comrade sisters,” as they were known, of the Black Panther Party. 📷: "Oakland, California: Black Panther member Ericka Huggins laughs with comrades after the Black Community Survival Conference. She served in the Los Angeles, New Haven, and Oakland offices of the party." (1972) 📷: "San Francisco, California: Men and women at a May Day “Free Huey” rally in front of the Federal Building." (1969) 📷: "Oakland, California: Black Panther Party members register people to vote at the Black Community Survival Conference at the Oakland Coliseum." (1972) All photographs (archival pigment prints, printed in 2021) by Stephen Shames (American, born in 1947). © 2023, Stephen Shames.

Ahead of our Juneteenth Open House in partnership with Citizens, MFA educators distributed art-making kits at their branches in Jamaica Plain, Dorchester and Mattapan 🎨 Admission to the MFA is free for all Massachusetts residents on Juneteenth—escape the heat with a day of fun for the whole family! http://ms.spr.ly/6042Y0nbo