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MFA PRESS releases:

November 3, 2023: THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG ANNOUNCES THE NATURE OF ART EXHIBITION

 

November 3, 2023: THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG ANNOUNCES LEADERSHIP TRANSITION

 

October 5, 2023: THE MFA TO SCREEN AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY “WASTE LAND” IN CONJUNCTION WITH “THE NATURE OF ART” EXHIBITION

 

October 5, 2023: THE MFA WELCOMES BIOSPHERE 2 CREW MEMBER AND SPACE PERSPECTIVE CEO JANE POYNTER FOR ‘THE OVERVIEW EFFECT’

 

September 15, 2023: THE MFA REATTRIBUTES KEY WORK IN COLLECTION TO KATHERINE READ

 

September 15, 2023: THE MFA EXPANDS MUSEUM STUDIES INSTITUTE INITIATIVE

 

August 25, 2023: THE MFA ANNOUNCES 2023 FALL PROGRAMMING LINEUP & EXHIBITION

 

August 14, 2023: THE MFA WELCOMES ARTIST LONNIE HOLLEY FOR FILM SCREENING AND CONVERSATION

 

JUNE 20, 2023: CALL TO ARTISTS ANNOUNCED FOR TAMPA BAY AREA EXHIBITION ‘SKYWAY 2024: A CONTEMPORARY COLLABORATION’

 

June 7, 2023: THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, St. Petersburg ANNOUNCES NEW Art installation “summer solstice” and yoga program

 

MAY 11, 2023: THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG ANNOUNCES NEW EXHIBITION “tOM jONES: hERE WE STAND”

 

APRIL 14, 2023: THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG ANNOUNCES NEW ACQUISITION AT EXPO CHICAGO AS A 2023 NORTHERN TRUST PURCHASE PRIZE RECIPIENT

 

March 17, 2023: Anne-Marie Russell named Executive Director and CEO, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

 

February 7, 2023: The Museum Of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Announces Winter-Spring Programming Season Lineup

 

January 23, 2023: The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, presents Maira Kalman In Conversation with Bob Morris on February 9

 

December 19, 2022: The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, named as one of three recipients of the EXPO CHICAGO Northern Trust Purchase Prize

 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022: THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG ANNOUNCES NEW EXHIBITION “BORROW AND STEAL: APPROPRIATION FROM THE COLLECTION”

 

AUGUST 29, 2022: THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG ANNOUNCES ANNE-MARIE RUSSELL AS INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

 

AUGUST 17, 2022: THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG ANNOUNCES NEW EXHIBITION “TRUE NATURE: RODIN AND THE AGE OF IMPRESSIONISM”

 

AUGUST 11, 2022: THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG ANNOUNCES “MULTIPLE: PRINCE TWINS SEVEN-SEVEN” EXHIBITION

 

August 5, 2022: THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG ANNOUNCES “IN DIALOGUE: UNEXPECTED VISUAL CONVERSATIONS,” FEATURING A SELECTION OF AMERICAN ART FROM JOSLYN ART MUSEUM IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA, THROUGH THE ART BRIDGES COLLECTION LOAN PARTNERSHIP

 

August 4, 2022: KRISTEN A. SHEPHERD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG, STEPS DOWN

 

June 8, 2022: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG ANNOUNCES NEW 2022-23 TRUSTEES

 

April 19, 2022: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE DEBUT SOLO MUSEUM EXHIBITION “GIO SWABY: FRESH UP” OPENING ON MAY 28 

 

February 23, 2022: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ST. PETERSBURG PRESENTS “DEFINING LINES: THE PRINTS AND DRAWINGS OF MAXIME LALANNE” OPENING ON FEBRUARY 26

 

February 7, 2022: UPCOMING MFA DEBUT EXHIBITION “GIO SWABY: FRESH UP” CATALOGUE ANNOUNCED BY RIZZOLI TO BE RELEASED IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 28 EXHIBITION OPENING

 

FEBRUARY 4, 2022: mfa ceo kristen a. shepherd elected TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF INTERNATIONAL ART MUSEUM LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION AAMD

 

January 27, 2022: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST PETERSBURG PRESENTS BERNINI AND THE ROMAN BAROQUE: MASTERPIECES FROM PALAZZO CHIGI IN ARICCIA

 

DECEMBER 29, 2021: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG ONE OF FIVE ORGANIZATIONS HOSTING MUSEUMS FOR IMMUNITY

 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG WELCOMES TRACY MAETER TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG PRESENTS PIECED & PATTERNED: AMERICAN QUILTS, c. 1800-1930

 

AUGUST 2, 2021: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG WELCOMES DR. JANE L. ASPINWALL AS CURATOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

 

JUNE 28, 2021: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG ANNOUNCES NEW 2021-22 TRUSTEES

 

june 24, 2021: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG LAUNCHES “PICTURE OF HEALTH” WELLNESS INITIATIVE

 

may 17, 2021: THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG KICKS OFF THE “SKYWAY 20/21: A CONTEMPORARY COLLABORATION” EXHIBITION TAKING PLACE ACROSS FOUR TAMPA BAY MUSEUMS

 

MArch 29, 2021: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG PARTNERS WITH PRINCETON UNIVERSITY TO PRESENT RESTORED ANTIOCH MOSAICS AND NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN ARTIFACTS FROM HISTORIC EXCAVATION

 

february 11, 2021: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG PRESENTS OUTSTANDING WORKS OF AMERICAN ART FROM ART BRIDGES COLLECTION

 

february 2, 2021: RAYMOND JAMES VP JULIA RICHARDSON JOINS MFA 2020-21 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 

DECEMBER 17, 2020: COLOR RIOT! HOW COLOR CHANGED NAVAJO TEXTILES

 

OCTOBER 19, 2020 MFA, ST. PETERSBURG DRAMATICALLY TRANSFORMS ORIGINAL 1965 GALLERIES WITH MAJOR RENOVATION

 

August 3, 2020 DERRICK ADAMS: BUOYANT 

 

july 3, 2020: MFA ST. PETERSBURG ANNOUNCES 2020-21 NEW BOARD OF TRUSTEES 

 

JANUARY 14, 2020 ART OF THE STAGE: PICASSO TO HOCKNEY 

 

October 21, 2019 ‘THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANT’ AND OTHER STORIES, AS TOLD BY JENNIFER ANGUS RELEASE

 

august 1, 2020: MFA ST. PETERSBURG ANNOUNCES NEW 2019-20 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 

July 18, 2019 HEAD OF DIONYSUS RELEASE

 

June 22, 2019 ABOVE THE FOLD: NEW EXPRESSIONS IN ORIGAMI RELEASE

 

march 29, 2019 CANTOS RELEASE 

 

MARCH 5, 2019 FEAST FOR THE EYES RELEASE 

 

jANUARY 7, 2019 GLOW RELEASE 

 

november 27, 2018 JEWELS OF THE IMAGINATION: RADIANT MASTERWORKS RELEASE

 

JULY 31, 2018 This is not a selfie release

 

FEBRUARY 15, 2018 NEW CURATORS RELEASE

 

FEBRUARY 7, 2018 2018 EXHIBITIONS RELEASE

 

FEBRUARY 5, 2018 NEW ACCESSIONS RELEASE

 

JANUARY 8, 2018 PICK-A-PIC RELEASE

 

DECEMBER 6, 2017 DOUG CHIANG RELEASE

 

June 15, 2017 Skyway Release Update on Exhibition

 

May 17, 2017 Marly Music Program Release May 2016

 

May 10, 2017/Revised July 7, 2017 Simmer and Sift Press Release REV July 7

 

May 8, 2017 Skyway Release

 

May 5, 2017 Beer Project 2017

 

May 4, 2017 Press Release Star Wars and the Power of Costume

 

April 11, 2017 Literary Carousel MFA_press release

 

February 27, 2017 Art in Bloom 2017

 

February 16, 2017 Museum of fine arts, st. Petersburg returns popular works to lender’s estate

 

JANUARY 6, 2017 GREG SMITH: BREAKDOWN LANE

 

JANUARY 6, 2017 THE OPEN ROAD: PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE AMERICAN ROAD TRIP

 

December 8, 2016 skyway-release-december-8

 

November 1, 2016 kristen-shepherd-release-nov2016

 

october 20, 2016 smartly-dressed-november-2016

 

September 23, 2016 our-america-press-release-en-espanol

 

September 22, 2016 our america release 2016

 

July 8, 2016 Folk Art & Cinema Release July 2016

 

May 24, 2016 marly music Program Release May 2016

 

may 10, 2016 shana moulton exhibition

 

April 21, 2016 Harold Edgerton eXhibition

 

April 7, 2016 Vanessa Diaz Exhibition

 

March 15, 2016 Art in Bloom 2016

 

March 2, 2016 KENT LYDECKER RETIREMENT

 

JANUARY 29, 2016 EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY ACCLAIMED CONTEMPORARY ARTIST CHRISTIAN MARCLAY

 

January 20, 2016 THE ART OF THE CLASSICAL GUITAR EXHIBITION

 

JANUARY 15, 2016 CONTEMPLATING CHARACTER: EXHIBITION OF PORTRAITS BY LEADING ARTISTS ACROSS FOUR CENTURIES

 

May 26, 2015 FOOD + ART COOKBOOK IN CELEBRATION OF THE MFA’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY