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Ali Banisadr - These Fragments I Have Shored Against My Ruins

March 4, 2026: The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg to host major survey of artist Ali Banisadr.

 

Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg - an AAM Accredited Museum

December 17, 2025: The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Receives Highest National Recognition, Awarded Re-Accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM)

 

October 8, 2025: Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg to Unveil Rare Caravaggio Masterpiece in Landmark U.S. Exhibition of Baroque Masterpieces


 

August 27, 2025: The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Presents Focused Exhibition: Creative Freedom | Women as Decorative Arts Entrepreneurs and Connoisseurs, c. 1900– 1940


The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

July 2, 2025: The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Announces New Board Appointments and Executive Committee


May 22, 2025: The Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg Presents Nina Yankowitz | In the Out/Out the In


March 20, 2025: Art in Bloom: Floral Artistry Blooms at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg This Spring


Kimono: The Triumph of Japanese Dress at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

January 28, 2025: The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Announces Spectacular Exhibition: Kimono: The Triumph of Japanese Dress


MFA Opens Audubon's Birds of America

September 2, 2024: The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Showcases Audubon’s Birds of America–A Celebrated Work of Art and Nature


Portrait of Klaudio Rodriguez, 2024. Photo by Argenis Apolinario

August 13, 2024: The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Announces Klaudio Rodriguez as Executive Director and CEO


Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg announces Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration

July 1, 2024: The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Presents the Third Iteration of “Skyway: A Contemporary Collaboration”


True to the Tint: The Quest for Color Photography

May 30, 2024: The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Presents Extraordinary Works that Reflect the Innovative and Evocative History of Early Tinted and Color Photography in “True to the Tint”


Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration between five Tampa Bay museums

April 23, 2024: ‘Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration’ Unites Five Bay Area Museums in an Innovative Art Exhibition


The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg announces Never the Same Song exhibition featuring Lizzi Bougatsos and Lonnie Holley

April 17, 2024: The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg presents “Lizzi Bougatsos & Lonnie Holley: Never the Same Song”


Art in Bloom returns to the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg 2024

March 12, 2024: Art in Bloom Returns to the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg April 4-7, 2024


MFA St. Pete announces Live Conservation series

March 12, 2024: The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Announces Live Conservation of 17th Century Spanish Tabernacle


Winter-Spring Programming Season at the MFA St Pete

January 18, 2024: The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Unveils Captivating 2024 Season of Artistic Expression


The Nature of Art at the MFA

November 3, 2023: The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Announces, 'The Nature of Art' Exhibition


Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg leadership update

November 3, 2023: The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Announces Leadership Transition


 

The MFA In the News

We are honored to have features in local, regional, and national media outlets. Explore these recent articles, blogs, and posts featuring the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg:

The St. Pete Catalyst
Works by New York’s Nina Yankowitz debut at MFA today

Orlando Magazine
Real Orlando Weddings: Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

ABC Action News
New exhibit at MFA St. Pete brings touch of Japan to Tampa Bay with over 100 kimonos

Fox 13 News - Tampa Bay
New exhibit at Museum of Fine Arts features Japanese culture

Orlando Magazine
Kimono: The Triumph of Japanese Dress Exhibit Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

The New York Times
36 Hours in St. Petersburg, Fla.

The St. Pete Catalyst
Arts Alive! podcast: Klaudio Rodriguez, Museum of Fine Arts

The St. Pete Catalyst
Original Audubon prints on view at Museum of Fine Arts

I Love the Burg
Audubon’s Birds of America’ brings rare collection of the naturalist’s work to St. Pete

Fox 13 News - Tampa Bay
Skyway exhibit on display at Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg: 'Really incredible installations'

WEDU
WEDU Arts Plus Episode 1313: True to the Tint

Creative Loafing
Burn After Reading: Never the Same Song closes in St. Pete with Lizzie Bougatsos-Viva Vadim artist-curator talk

Creative Pinellas
Explore All Five Skyway Museums

WUSF
Free Museum Day is coming to St. Petersburg and tickets are going fast

Tampa Bay Times
6 Tampa Bay museums with good places to eat

Creative Loafing
11 Reasons to check out Tampa Bay’s Skyway 2024 art exhibitions

Tampa Bay Times
Tampa Bay, let’s pay for the arts

83 Degrees
September Arts: Free Museum Day in St. Pete

The Morning Blend | ABC Action News
'True to the Tint: The Quest for Color Photography' Now on Display at St. Pete Museum of Fine Arts

The Weekly Challenger
Afro-Futurist Lonnie Holley at the MFA through September 15

Creative Loafing
St. Pete's Poetry Alley wants you to bring a meaningful object to the MFA on Saturday

Creative Pinellas
Lizzi Bougatsos & Lonnie Holley

St. Pete Life
A Conversation with Luis Seixas, Art Conservator

MFA In the News

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