Life Via Landscape
Life Via Landscape invites visitors to explore landscape-inspired artworks at the Frances Euphemia Thompson Gallery in Boston. The show features contemporary paintings and mixed-media pieces that translate terrain, light, and place into vivid visual storytelling, offering a thoughtful glimpse into how environments shape art.
New on View: Blank Space
New on View: Blank Space at Harvard Art Museums spotlights newly installed contemporary works in a sleek, gallery-first setting. The exhibition invites visitors to reimagine blank spaces as sites of perception, with immersive displays and curatorial conversations that spark fresh dialogue.
2026 MassArt Live Auction Event
MassArt hosts its 2026 Live Auction at the Design and Media Center Atrium in Boston. The event features live and silent auctions, with artworks viewable on campus by appointment and a week-long bidding window on Bidsquare (April 4–12). A ticketed, professional art-market experience.
Crown: A Celebration of Black Hair
An inspiring arts event in Lexington near Boston celebrating Black hair as culture and identity. Free admission, this exhibition-style gathering blends visual works with community dialogue, honoring hair textures, styles, and stories in a welcoming, creative space.
Opening Reception:Derrick Adams: View Master
Join ICA Boston for the opening reception of Derrick Adams: View Master, a new contemporary-art exhibition. Enjoy a preview of Adams's immersive works, mingle with curators and artists, and experience the museum’s inaugural night in a refined gallery setting.
2026 Trans & Gender Expansive Art Showcase Reception
Open reception for the Trans & Gender Expansive Art Showcase at BU's LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center. Discover works by trans and gender-expansive artists from BU and the Massachusetts community, with food, community, and conversations celebrating diverse creative voices.
MAD N52 Open Studio (CPW)
Visit the MAD N52 Open Studio during MIT's CPW to explore student work in Building N52. An informal, artsy event featuring prototypes and conversations with creators in a classic campus studio setting.
Gallery Talk: The Declaration in American Memory
Join Library Assistant Brandon McGrath-Neely for 'The Declaration in American Memory,' a gallery talk accompanying the exhibition 1776: Declaring Independence at the Massachusetts Historical Society. Admission is free; explore the show and ask questions in this informative historical discussion.
Spotlight Tour: Injury and Repair, with Diana Ochoa-Chavez ’26
Join a spotlight guided tour of the 'Injury and Repair' exhibition led by artist Diana Ochoa-Chavez at the Harvard Art Museums. Explore materials, repair processes, and the work's meaning in an intimate, museum setting.
Art Futures: Paine Scholarship Awards Reception
A formal gallery reception at Gallery NAGA in Boston celebrating the Paine Scholarship Awards as part of Art Futures. Meet scholarship recipients, hear brief remarks by jurors, and mingle with artists, curators, and patrons in a contemporary gallery setting.
Spotlight Tour: The Moods of Love
Discover 'The Moods of Love' on a focused spotlight tour at Harvard Art Museums, led by Diana Ochoa-Chavez ’26. The intimate walkthrough surveys love-themed artworks across the collection and offers a student-hosted perspective on the museum's highlights.
Derrick Adams: View Master Exhibition Tour
Join Derrick Adams for a guided tour of the View Master exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston. This immersive look into Adams's contemporary practice blends memory, media, and sculpture in a museum setting, offering fresh insights into his latest works.
BFA Thesis Exhibitions: Graphic Design, Painting, Printmaking & Sculpture
The BFA Thesis Exhibitions showcase 33 BU School of Visual Arts graduates across graphic design, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. On view April 28–May 9 at the 808 Gallery, with public hours Tue–Sat 11am–5pm, this capstone display celebrates four years of studio practice and creative exploration.
24 Hour Access
MassArt invites curious visitors to its campus for 24 Hour Access, a 24-hour gallery experience across campus spaces. Explore student art, installations, and studio spaces during extended hours in Boston’s creative hub, with a unique nocturnal view of campus life.
SoWa First Fridays
Experience SoWa First Fridays: a 5-9 PM art walk through the SoWa Vintage Market featuring open galleries, local artists, and pop-up vendors in Boston’s SoWa Arts District. Free admission and a casual, family-friendly evening.
ASL-Interpreted Spotlight Tour
Join an ASL-interpreted spotlight tour at Harvard Art Museums, exploring highlights from In the Blink of an Eye. Led by Jade Xiao ’27, this accessible indoor tour offers insightful commentary in ASL and a vivid look at the museum’s collection.
Walk-Through with Nicole Chesney
Join a guided walk-through of Nicole Chesney's latest works at Gallery NAGA in Boston. The intimate, curator-led tour offers fresh insights into Chesney's contemporary art in a sleek gallery setting.
Member Tour: Derrick Adams:View Master
Take a members-only tour at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston highlighting Derrick Adams's View Master. This guided visit offers insight into Adams's multimedia practice and the exhibition's themes as you explore the works with ICA staff.
Member Exhibitions Insight Tour
An exclusive members-only tour at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, exploring the Winter/Spring 2026 exhibitions: Photography and the Re-Imagined Self, Picturing Isabella, and Jamie Diamond: Monstra Te Esse Matrem. Enjoy insider insights and a curated peek behind the scenes of these photography-focused shows.
New on View: Bodhidharma
Harvard Art Museums debuts Bodhidharma in a new-on-view exhibition, offering fresh curatorial perspectives on this iconic figure in East Asian Buddhist art. The display pairs early paintings and scrolls with interpretive materials, inviting visitors to explore cross-cultural facets of Bodhidharma.
Investigating the Head with Rick Fox
Explore portraiture and contemporary themes in a new exhibition at Gallery NAGA in Boston. Investigating the Head with Rick Fox invites viewers to examine perception through provocative works by Rick Fox, showcased in the intimate gallery setting.
Opening Reception: Lucy Raven - Rounds
Kick off Lucy Raven: Rounds at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston with the opening reception. Experience Raven’s immersive contemporary video installations in a gallery setting as the ICA celebrates the new exhibition with an artist presence.
Gallery Talk: Erika Umali — To My Best Friend
Join Erika Umali for a gallery talk at ICA Boston, examining her work To My Best Friend. The session provides insights into contemporary practice and the exhibition, with the artist discussing themes and methods in a museum setting.
THICKET Curated by Kirstin Lamb
THICKET, curated by Kirstin Lamb, presents John Dunnigan's latest works at Gallery NAGA in Boston. This opening reception offers a curated look at contemporary pieces in a sleek space, with the artist on hand to discuss the works.
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