Exhibitions in Boston

January 2026

January 2026 at a glance: 1 exhibition opened, 0 closed, and 3 more were on view across the city.

Installation view of To My Best Friend at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, with Lorna Simpson's To My Best Friend

Poster image for Swimming with Sharks at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

Rembrandt van Rijn, Bust of a Young Bearded Man (detail), about 1656–58, oil on panel

Installation view of Caroline Monnet: Man-made Land on the Fineberg Art Wall at the ICA Boston

Opened in January

To My Best Friend23 Jan
Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston
More than 50 works Fotene Demoulas and Tom Cote helped bring into the ICA Collection, with Laura Owens, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Olga de Amaral, Sarah Sze and Lorna Simpson.

Was on view in January

Swimming with Sharks: A Deep Dive into Shark Biology and Behaviorto 8 Nov
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Jaws from Harvard's collections, underwater photography by Keith Ellenbogen and the science of shark skin recast the ocean's most misunderstood megafauna as more menaced than menacing.
Reality and Imagination: Rembrandt and the Jews in the Dutch Republicto 29 Nov
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Jews as patrons, collectors and subjects in 17th-century Amsterdam, where Rembrandt lived in the heart of the Jewish district and drew commissions from his neighbours.
Caroline Monnet: Man-made Landto 21 Mar
Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston
A site-responsive commission for the Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Art Wall by the Algonquin-Anishinaabe artist, made in response to the ICA's own filled-in waterfront site.

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