Exhibitions

Explore our special exhibitions at the MFA, featuring diverse works from around the world that bring fresh perspectives and inspire new conversations. Each exhibition offers a unique opportunity to experience art in a whole new way.

New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations

New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and CollaborationsAugust 15, 2026 through January 3, 2027

Project Category: Upcoming Exhibitions

House Show: Power, Spectacle, and Pro WrestlingComing Soon!

Project Category: Upcoming Exhibitions

Jake Troyli | By Any StretchComing Soon!

Ali Banisadr (b. 1976 in Tehran, Iran. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY). These fragments I have shored against my ruins (detail), 2023. Oil on linen, 86 x 180 in. (218.4 x 457.2 cm). Mohammed Afkhami Foundation. Photography by Genevieve Hanson. © Ali Banisadr

Project Category: Upcoming Exhibitions

Ali Banisadr | The AlchemistApril 11, 2026 through July 12, 2026

Reza Aramesh. Action 238_ Study of the Head as Cultural Artefacts. Courtesy of the Artist and Dastan Gallery.

Project Category: Current Exhibitions

Baroque Continuum | Caravaggio and the Caravaggisti Over TimeOctober 25, 2025 through March 22, 2026

Project Category: Current Exhibitions

Creative Freedom | Women as Decorative Arts Entrepreneurs and Connoisseurs, c. 1900-1940July 26, 2025 through February 1, 2026

Project Category: Current Exhibitions

Explore the Vaults | First Gifts, 1962–1966May 21, 2025 through January 4, 2026

In Caravaggio's Light at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Current Exhibitions

In Caravaggio’s Light | Baroque Masterpieces from the Fondazione Roberto LonghiOctober 25, 2025 through March 22, 2026

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

The Superintendent’s High School Exhibition of Excellence | A Pinellas County Schools Student Showcase at the MFAApril 5, 2025 through April 27, 2025

Live Conservation: Conserving an Altarpiece Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Live Conservation | Conserving an Altarpiece SculptureDecember 21, 2024 through March 16, 2025

Nina Yankowitz: Ms. Majesty. In the Out/Out the In at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Nina Yankowitz | In the Out/Out the InJune 21, 2025 through September 21, 2025

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

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Kimono | The Triumph of Japanese DressMarch 8, 2025 through June 8, 2025

Ansel Adams: Photographs from the MFA Collection

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Ansel Adams | Photographs from the MFA CollectionNovember 23, 2024 through March 23, 2025

Explore the Vaults: New Guinea

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Explore the Vaults | The Art of New GuineaNovember 16, 2024 through April 13, 2025

Felix Gonzalez-Torres "Untitled" (L.A.)

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Felix Gonzalez-Torres | “Untitled” (L.A.)September 7, 2024 through May 11, 2025

Upcoming Exhibitions at the MFA

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Audubon’s Birds of AmericaOctober 12, 2024 through February 16, 2025

Tempus volat, hora fugit

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Tempus volat, hora fugit | Time flies, hours fleeMarch 20, 2023 through March 23, 2025

New to View: Recent Acquisitions

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

New to View | Recent AcquisitionsJune 30, 2024 through November 10, 2024

Live Conservation: Restoring a Jain Shrine

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Live Conservation | Restoring a Jain ShrineJuly 20, 2024 through December 11, 2024

Skyway 2024

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Skyway 2024 | A Contemporary CollaborationJuly 13, 2024 through November 3, 2024

Gravity Mural Project | Ya La'ford at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Gravity Mural Project | Ya La’fordJune 25, 2024 through August 25, 2024

True to the Tint: The Quest for Color Photography

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

True to the Tint | The Quest for Color PhotographyJune 1, 2024 through September 22, 2024

Never the Same Song

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Lizzi Bougatsos & Lonnie Holley | Never the Same SongMay 18, 2024 through September 15, 2024

Live Conservation: Restoring a 17th Century Spanish Tabernacle at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Live Conservation | Restoring a 17th Century Spanish TabernacleMarch 16, 2024 through June 23, 2024

Claudia Pena Salinas: Ahua Can at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Claudia Peña Salinas | Ahua CanJanuary 20, 2024 through June 30, 2024

The Nature of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

The Nature of ArtOctober 28, 2023 through April 14, 2024

Explore the Vaults: Water + Color at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Explore the Vaults | Water + ColorAugust 12, 2023 through February 5, 2024

Tom Jones | Here We Stand at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Tom Jones | Here We StandMay 13, 2023 through August 27, 2023

Lasting Impressions: Japanese Prints from the Read-Simms Collection

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Lasting Impressions | Japanese Prints from the Read-Simms CollectionApril 22, 2023 through August 13, 2023

Visual Metaphor 2023

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Visual Metaphor | High School Student ExhibitionApril 7, 2023 through August 13, 2023

Best in Show | Dogs in Art at the MFA exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Best in Show | Dogs in Art at the MFAApril 1, 2023 through November 5, 2023

Shashin: Japanese Photographs from the Meiji Era, 1870-1900 at the Museum of Fine Arts, St, Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Shashin | Japanese Photographs from the Meiji Era, 1870–1900March 11, 2023 through July 23, 2023

Explore the Vaults: Images Private and Public, c. 1500–1800 at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Explore the Vaults | Images Private and Public, c. 1500–1800December 17, 2022 through July 2, 2023

Rodin and the Age of Impressionism at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

True Nature | Rodin and the Age of ImpressionismNovember 12, 2022 through March 26, 2023

Borrow and Steal: Appropriation from the Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Borrow and Steal | Appropriation from the CollectionSeptember 24, 2022 through February 5, 2023

Multiple: Prince Twins Seven-Seven at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Multiple | Prince Twins Seven-SevenAugust 13, 2022 through January 15, 2023

In Dialogue: Unexpected Visual Conversations at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

In Dialogue | Unexpected Visual ConversationsAugust 6, 2022 through August 20, 2023

Gio Swaby: Fresh Up at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Gio Swaby | Fresh UpMay 28, 2022 through October 2, 2022

Women's Work: A Survey of Female Photographers at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Women’s Work | A Survey of Female PhotographersApril 16, 2022 through September 11, 2022

Visual Metaphor 2022: High School Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Visual Metaphor 2022 | High School Student ExhibitionApril 5, 2022 through May 6, 2022

Explore the Vaults at the MFA

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Explore the Vaults | Cabinet Pictures and Works on PaperMarch 12, 2022 through December 4, 2022

Defining Lines at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Defining Lines | The Prints and Drawings of Maxime LalanneFebruary 26, 2022 through July 17, 2022

Bernini and the Roman Baroque at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Bernini and the Roman Baroque | Masterpieces from Palazzo Chigi in AricciaFebruary 12, 2022 through May 8, 2022

More than Retro at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

More Than Retro | Art Photography of the 1970sOctober 9, 2021 through April 3, 2022

Pieced & Patterned at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Pieced & Patterned | American Quilts, C. 1800-1930September 18, 2021 through January 23, 2022

Explore the Vaults: Black Portraits

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Explore the Vaults | Black PortraitsJuly 31, 2021 through February 27, 2022

From Heath to Hedgerow at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

From Heath to Hedgerow | Doulton Lambeth Ware and the British CountrysideJune 5, 2021 through July 31, 2022

Skyway 20/21 at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Skyway 20/21 | A Contemporary CollaborationMay 22, 2021 through August 22, 2021

From Margins to Mainstays at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

From Margins to Mainstays | Highlights from the Photography CollectionApril 24, 2021 through September 26, 2021

Antioch Reclaimed at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Antioch Reclaimed | Ancient Mosaics at the MFAApril 10, 2021 through August 22, 2021

Color Riot at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Color Riot! | How Color Changed Navajo TextilesDecember 19, 2020 through March 14, 2021

From Chaos to Order at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

From Chaos to Order | Greek Geometric Art from the Sol Rabin CollectionNovember 7, 2020 through April 11, 2021

Working Point: Contemporary Glass from the MFA Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Working Point | Contemporary Glass from the MFA CollectionOctober 24, 2020 through May 23, 2021

Explore the Vaults: Abstraction and the American Scene at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Explore the Vaults | Abstraction and the American SceneOctober 24, 2020 through July 18, 2021

Derrick Adams at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Derrick Adams | BouyantSeptember 12, 2020 through November 29, 2020

Copper, Silver, Salt, Ink at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Copper, Silver, Salt, Ink | The Chemistry of Photography’s Enduring DesiresSeptember 12, 2020 through November 29, 2020

Art of the Stage: Picasso to Hockney at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Art of the Stage | Picasso to HockneyJanuary 25, 2020 through May 10, 2020

Ancient Theater and the Cinema at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Ancient Theater and the CinemaNovember 9, 2019 through April 6, 2020

Explore the Vaults: Visions of France at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Explore the Vaults | Visions of FranceAugust 24, 2019 through April 12, 2020

Art on an intimate scale at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Up Close and Personal | Art on an Intimate ScaleAugust 17, 2019 through March 29, 2020

Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Above the Fold | New Expressions in OrigamiJune 22, 2019 through September 22, 2019

Straighten up the World at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Straighten Up The World | Self-Taught Art from the Collection of the MFAMay 18, 2019 through October 27, 2019

Literary Carousel at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Literary Carousel | Part of the Sunlit FestivalMay 11, 2019 through August 11, 2019

Theo Wujcik at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Theo Wujcik | CantosApril 13, 2019 through June 2, 2019

A Feast for the Eyes at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

A Feast for the Eyes | European Masterpieces from the Grasset CollectionMarch 23, 2019 through September 2, 2019

Fairyland Lustre at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Fairyland Lustre | The Darkly Magical World of Daisy Makeig-JonesNovember 17, 2018 through August 11, 2019

The Grasshopper and the Ant and other Stories as told by Jennifer Angus at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

‘The Grasshopper and the Ant’ and Other Stories | As Told by Jennifer AngusOctober 12, 2019 through January 5, 2020

Gallery Takeover at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Project Category: Past Exhibitions

Gallery Takeover | European Masterpieces from the Mellon Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsMarch 9, 2018 through March 1, 2020