Join us for as long as you’d like to sketch a live model in the galleries of the exhibition Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black (September 12, 2025–January 18, 2026). Taking inspiration from the themed sections of the exhibition, Brooke Stewart, lecturer at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, will lead […]

Join us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black, led by an exhibition curator. The exhibition will be on view from September 12, 2025 through January 18, 2026. Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black celebrates the act of drawing using familiar tools—charcoal, chalk, crayon, and […]

Join an exhibition curator for a discussion about some of the drawing materials and techniques seen in works in the special exhibition Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black celebrates the act of drawing using familiar tools—charcoal, chalk, crayon, and graphite. Each type of material has distinctive properties: […]

Join curatorial research associate Susan Anderson to look at how artists working at the turn of the 20th century used dry media as a means towards abstraction. This talk is offered in conjunction with the special exhibition Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black, on view from September 12, 2025 to January 18, 2026. Sketch, […]

Explore ancient coins and learn how a small team of museum staff and students is trying to harness the power of artificial intelligence to recover coins stolen in 1973. Led by: Laure Marest, Damarete Associate Curator of Ancient Coins, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art Yifei Bao, Hao Family Intern, Division of Asian and Mediterranean […]