mcmullen museum
The McMullen Museum of Art Boston College aims to cultivate learning, celebrate artistic excellence, explore the visual traditions of diverse cultures, and inspire transdisciplinary faculty and student research based on the visual arts. The McMullen offers exhibition-related programs and resources for diverse audiences of all ages on campus, in the Greater Boston area, and beyond.
Lecture: "The Nature (and 'Nature') of Impressionist Landscape" with Harmon Siegel (Nov. 18, 2025)
Introduction to "Martin Karplus: Moments & Monuments" by Curator John McCoy (Oct 1, 2025)
Annual Josephine von Henneberg Lecture in Italian Art with Prof. Holly Flora (9.23.2025)
Members' Lecture: "Medieval | Renaissance: A Dialogue on Early Italian Painting" (9/6/2025)
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Members' Lecture: "Wonders of Creation" with Curator Ladan Akbarnia (Feb. 3, 2025)
“African Immigrants in America” by University of Virginia Professor Nemata Blyden (Nov. 4, 2024)
Members' Virtual Lecture for "States of Becoming" with Curator Fitsum Shebeshe (Sept. 7, 2024)
Publication Highlight: "A Delicate Matter" with Professor Oliver Wunsch (3.12.2024)
Publication Highlight: "The Art of Being Human and a Buddha Too" with Prof. Anne Klein (10/23/2023)
Members' Crash Course in Buddhist Art with Assoc. Prof. Aurelia Campbell (Oct. 18, 2023)
Members' Lecture: "Gateway to Himalayan Art," Elena Pakhoutova + Aurelia Campbell (9.9.23)
Into the Collection: New Acquisitions from the Nineteenth Century (Mar. 27, 2023)
“Landscape of Memory” by Curator Kathleen Bailey (1/28/23)
“Highbrow, Lowbrow: ‘Raw and ‘Weirdo’” by Co-Curator Andre Molotiu (11/29/22)
Into the Collection: “Haitian Paintings” (11/11/22)
Museum Current: “Collecting and Exhibiting Comics” by Caitlin McGurk (11/2/22)
Crash Course in the History of Comics with John McCoy (10/19/22)
“American Alternative Comics” by Co-Curator John McCoy (9/14/22)
“Arnie Jarmak” by Co-Curators Ash Anderson and Diana Larsen (9/14/22)
“Nature’s Mirror: Reality and Symbol in Belgian Landscape” by Curator Jeffery Howe (9/17/17)
“‘Mudéjar’ in Esteban Lisa’s Art” by Curator Elizabeth Thompson Goizueta (11/17/17)
“Scorched Earth: Belgian Artists and the Industrial Landscape” by Sura Levine (10/18/17)
“Alen MacWeeney and a Century of New York Street Photography” by Curator Karl Baden (9/8/19)
Museum Current: “Turning the Museum in an Anxious World” by Declan McGonagle (3/30/17)
Museum Current: “The Medieval Cathedral as Museum” by Mary Malloy (3/16/17)
“Rafael Soriano: The Artist and the Man” by Curator Elizabeth Thompson Goizueta (1/29/17)