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Spooky season meets #NationalCatDay🐈‍⬛🎃 🎨: Inagaki Tomoo (Japanese, 1902–1980), "Family of Black Cats (Kuroneko no kazoku)" (about 1950s–1970s), woodblock print; ink and color on paper
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One of Boston's favorite weekends is here 🚣 Good luck to all the rowers competing in the #HeadOfTheCharles! 🎨: Cyril E. Power (English, 1872–1951), "The Eight" (about 1930), color linocut
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A windswept scene for the nor’easter ahead 🌧️🌀 Stay safe out there, Boston! 🎨: Hale Aspacio Woodruff (American, 1900–1980), "Big Wind in Georgia" (about 1933–1936)
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Leaf-peeping season is upon us 🍁🍂 Happy #FirstDayofFall! ⁣ ⁣ 🎨: Marsden Hartley (American, 1877–1943), "Carnival of Autumn" (1908), oil on canvas.
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Akhenaten dedicated his life to the exclusive worship of one god: the sun disk, or Aten ☀️ Made more than 3,300 years ago, this relief shows him as a sphinx with human arms and hands, making an offering to the deity.
Limestone relief showing Akhenaten as a sphinx with human arms and hands outstretched towards the sun disk in the upper left corner.

ALT Limestone relief showing Akhenaten as a sphinx with human arms and hands outstretched towards the sun disk in the upper left corner.

Limestone relief showing Akhenaten as a sphinx with human arms and hands outstretched towards the sun disk in the upper left corner.

ALT Limestone relief showing Akhenaten as a sphinx with human arms and hands outstretched towards the sun disk in the upper left corner.

Limestone relief showing Akhenaten as a sphinx with human arms and hands outstretched towards the sun disk in the upper left corner.

ALT Limestone relief showing Akhenaten as a sphinx with human arms and hands outstretched towards the sun disk in the upper left corner.

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See this relief up close in “Maverick Kings” and discover how Akhenaten and two other visionary pharaohs used the power of images to shape their legacies: ms.spr.ly/6018a5eTQ
Maverick Kings

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Taking center stage for #NationalDanceDay: Degas’s "Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer" 🩰✨ There are at least 28 known casts of Degas' "Little Dancer" around the world—we're lucky to have one of them at the MFA! See it on view in our Impressionism galleries.
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Remembering the legendary #BobMackie (1939–2026) ✨ Mackie was an award-winning costume and fashion designer best known for dressing the entertainment industry’s biggest and brightest stars.
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Late Nites are BACK this fall! 🪩 Stay up late for a night of music, art, creativity, and community, presented in partnership with @staysilentpvd. 🎟️ Tickets go on sale on September 15! Learn more: ms.spr.ly/6017akhad
Gold sparkly text that reads: Late Nites, November 6, 8pm-1am. Tickets on sale 9/15, save with early-bird pricing.

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Soaking up the last of that summer sun ☀️🌊 Happy #LaborDay! If you’re spending the day in the city, come cool off in the galleries—we’re open from 10 am–5 pm! 🎨: Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935), "Bathing Pool, Appledore" (1907), oil on canvas
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Experience the MFA’s extraordinary collection of ancient Egyptian art like never before. Now open, “Maverick Kings" brings together more than 100 works from the reigns of three mighty pharaohs. Learn more and get tickets: ms.spr.ly/6015andZf
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Now open: "Naoko Matsubara’s Woodblock Worlds" ✨ This exhibition celebrates the artist’s storied career, now in its seventh decade, by focusing on specific locations that have been transformative for her practice: ms.spr.ly/6017anDl7
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Summer’s not over just yet ☀ We hope you’re soaking up every last bit of the season this long weekend. If you’re looking for plans in the city, we’ll be open on #LaborDay! 🖼️: Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916), "Starting Out After Rail" (1874)
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A little seaside escape for #NationalBeachDay 🏖️☀️ 🎨: #WinslowHomer (American, 1836–1910), detail of "Long Branch, New Jersey" (1869), oil on canvas. See it on view in our Art of the Americas Wing!
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Remembering #YayoiKusama (1929–2026) with this work from our collection, made by the artist in 2004. 🎨: “A Pumpkin (BT)” (2004), silkscreen
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Man's best friend fur-ever 🐶 Happy #InternationalDogDay from little Robert de Cévrieux, painted by #JohnSingerSargent in 1879!
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#GeorgiaOKeeffe painted a star on the back of this canvas. Throughout her career, she used this personal code when she was pleased with the way a work had turned out 🌟 🎨: "Deer's Skull with Pedernal" (1936)
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🎨: Georgia O’Keeffe (American, 1887–1986), "Deer's Skull with Pedernal" (1936), oil on canvas. © @okeeffemuseum / @artistsrightssociety.
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A cheeky little birthday post for #GustaveCaillebotte 🍑 At nearly five feet tall, “Man at His Bath” (1884) presents an unusually intimate scene from everyday life at the grand scale once reserved for formal history subjects. 🎂 The artist was born #OnThisDay in 1848.
Painting of a man with an exposed back side drying off after taking a bath.

ALT Painting of a man with an exposed back side drying off after taking a bath.

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Enjoy $5 admission this Thursday, August 20, from 5 to 10 pm! Explore the Museum, grab drinks and a bite to eat, and see what’s new. Learn more: ms.spr.ly/6017azVjF
Image of a couple from behind standing in front of Monet's Grainstacks and Rouen Cathedral and an image of the MFA's Huntington Staircase. Text overlays the images, reading: \"$5 Third Thursdays: Thursday 8/20 after 5 pm.\"

ALT Image of a couple from behind standing in front of Monet's Grainstacks and Rouen Cathedral and an image of the MFA's Huntington Staircase. Text overlays the images, reading: \"$5 Third Thursdays: Thursday 8/20 after 5 pm.\"

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