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McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College

Name: McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College
Address: 2101 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, 02135, US
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The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College organizes and presents innovative, multidisciplinary exhibitions that receive national and international recognition, attracting audiences from the Boston area and beyond. The McMullen is in the vanguard of museums creating exhibitions that extend past traditional art historical presentations, providing political, historical, and cultural context for wo

rks on view. It plays a major role in the cultural and intellectual life of Boston College, as well as the international community of scholars and art enthusiasts. In keeping with the University’s central teaching mission, the Museum’s exhibitions are accompanied by scholarly catalogues and related public programs. The McMullen Museum of Art was named in 1996 by the late BC benefactor, trustee and art collector John J.

07/24/2024

This week's is "Woman," a charcoal on paper piece by Eithne Jordan (1954–). Jordan was born in Dublin and divides her time between France and Ireland.

07/17/2024

This serene piece is "Country Scene - Cows near a Pond" by Albertus Verhoesen (1806–1881). He specialized in painting landscapes with small animals, livestock, and animal stables.

07/10/2024

This week's is "Peonies or Roses" by William Merrit Chase (1849–1916).

06/26/2024

This dynamic lithograph, "Epreuve de L'Artiste," was created by Joan Miró (1893–1983). Miró was an influential Catalan artist whose art conveyed a deep sense of Catalan pride. This beautiful piece was gifted to the McMullen Museum of Art by Ruth and Dr. Harry Kozol.

06/19/2024

This serene watercolor piece, named "Sponge Boats," was created by Frank Weston Benson (1862–1951) in 1922. Benson was from Salem, Massachusetts, and studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

06/12/2024

This vibrant work, "Passion de Washington," was shot by Lucien Clergue (1934–2014) in 1996. It was generously gifted to the McMullen in 2013 by Pradeep K. Jain.

06/05/2024

This beautiful watercolor work, “Blacksod Bay, County Mayo Ireland,” was created by Frank J. Ennington (1908–1990). The McMullen acquired this piece as part of a generous gift from T. Edmund Garrity in 1982.

05/29/2024

This week's piece is "Queen's Dog," which was created by Saul Steinberg (1914–1999) in 1988. Steinberg was most known for his work for "The New Yorker" and labeled himself as "a writer who draws." This piece was donated to the McMullen by the Saul Steinberg Foundation.

05/26/2024

Come visit the McMullen Museum of Art before we close for the summer on June 2, 2024! Please visit our website to check our first floor availability calendar before your visit. We hope to see you soon!

05/22/2024

"Sunkist" is a radiant piece that was created by Sister Mary Corita Kent (1918–1986) in 1965. This work was donated to the McMullen by Jerome Yavarkovsky.

05/06/2024

Study at the McMullen during finals! Check our website for 1st-floor availability and study or hang out at the museum for finals.

04/29/2024

With the warm weather returning and finals approaching, STITCH and the McMullen are gathering our crocheting supplies and taking over the lawn on Stokes Lawn! Join us tomorrow from 10am-2pm for some crocheting and fun! (Weather permitting) 🧶

04/25/2024

Vyntage, started by BC alums, is a blueprint for disruptive global change, led by Gen Z in the Afro Diaspora driving borderless connection with culture & capital. With Retro Rendezvous, we invite you to step into our vision of the immersive ecosystem that celebrates the cultural gifts of the Afro Diaspora through art & musical experience. Join us this Friday, April 26th, from 6-9 PM.

Register required at https://lu.ma/vqiw9k65

With the backdrop of curations featuring women ceramists & the Cuban avant garde, celebrating revolutions past & the movement we’re building to date. Sponsored by Rizos Curls.

04/18/2024

Join us on Wednesday 24th for a critical conversation on art & wealth.

04/12/2024

Are you ready to live your Met Gala dreams? The BCFC Met Gala event is a themed formal gathering inspired by the iconic Met Gala held annually in New York City. Participants from BC’s campus are encouraged to dress in accordance with the event’s theme, which is influenced by fashion, art, culture, or current trends. This event is free and open to BC students. We hope to see you there!

04/08/2024

Don't miss the chance to hear from the Student Ambassadors as they present on featured works from the current exhibit , "The Lost Generation: Women Ceramicists and the Cuban Avant-Garde" | "La generación perdida: mujeres ceramistas y la vanguardia cubana", as well as the Lynch Collection! See you there!

Background Image: "Fruit Bowl | Frutero" (1947), Amelia Peláez, Oil on canvas.

04/02/2024

There's still time to apply to be a Student Ambassador at the McMullen Museum of Art! Get your application in by April 8, 2024 to be considered. 📝

Please contact Rachel Chamberlain with questions on the Ambassador program or the application!

04/01/2024

Take a break and get your hands dirty! For those who didn’t make it to the Museum’s Art After Dark Student Opening in January, we are pulling out our supplies of foam clay and wire again for making 3D sculptures. Design a decorative plant motif for your dorm room, a small pot for an air plant (plant provided!), or anything your imagination conjures up. We’ll provide the supplies, you provide the creativity. Food, drinks, and music will be provided.

03/29/2024

Join the Medical Humanities Journal of Boston College (MHJBC) and the McMullen Museum for an Art After Dark celebrating the journal’s tenth anniversary as a student-run, interdisciplinary publication! All are welcome for a night filled with crafts, storytelling, food, and film to commemorate this milestone.

April 12, 2024 from 5:30-8:30PM at the McMullen Museum of Art. See you there! 🎉

03/28/2024

The McMullen is only 2 Songs Away from Boston College's Chestnut Hill campus! Add our Student Ambassador Emily's picks to your April playlist and visit the McMullen sometime soon! 🌸 🌱 🎵 🖼️

03/26/2024

Deluxe Persian manuscripts of the early modern period often open, and sometimes close, with double-page paintings of court receptions, literary gatherings, hunts and other scenes. While such ubiquitous compositions are generally thought to be independent of specific literary texts, closer consideration suggests fascinating thematic connections, and also points to particular centers of artistic production.

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

03/22/2024

Visit the McMullen Museum's spring exhibition, "The Lost Generation: Women Ceramicists and the Cuban Avant Garde | La generación perdida: mujeres ceramistas y la vanguardia cubana" to see the amazing work of Amelia Peláez.

One of the most renowned Cuban painters of the twentieth century, Peláez's notable achievements in ceramics include her creation of large-scale murals in Havana and the creation of her own studio, Cerámica Cubana, in 1954.

03/21/2024

"Art and Knowledge in Medieval Rome," the 2024 JVH Lecture, will be given by Dr. Marius Hauknes, Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Hauknes is an expert in the art of the Middle Ages, whose primary research focuses on the intersections of art, science, mythology, and theology. A reception will follow.

03/15/2024

The McMullen Museum is pleased to offer docent tours of the Carolyn A. & Peter S. Lynch Collection, consisting of 27 paintings and three works on paper from the mid-nineteenth through the early-twentieth centuries, including paintings by Albert Bierstadt, Martin Johnson Heade, Winslow Homer, and John Singer Sargent.

Prior registration is required. To register for a tour, click here: https://buff.ly/3wMPntE. Meet in the McMullen Museum atrium. If you would like to schedule a separate, private tour, please contact the Museum at least two weeks in advance.

03/13/2024

Do you want to learn more about the pieces on display at the McMullen Museum? Visit our website to check out our mobile guides and read more about the artwork at the McMullen!

03/08/2024

The McMullen Museum welcomes Oliver Wunsch, professor of art history at Boston College, for a discussion of "A Delicate Matter: Art, Fragility, and Consumption in Eighteenth-Century France." Eighteenth-century France witnessed an unprecedented proliferation of materially unstable art, from fragile oil paintings to enormous pastel portraits vulnerable to the slightest touch. Join the virtual session to learn more!

The event is Free and open to the public; register here:
https://buff.ly/4c3Ebca .

03/07/2024

Don't miss Ada Ferrer's lecture, "Cuba: An American History", as part of the Lowell Humanities Lecture Series. Join us in Gasson 100 at 7PM on March 13th!

03/02/2024

Applications for our seventh class of Student Ambassadors are now live on our website! Applications will remain open from now until Easter. We will be hosting office hours, information sessions, and other events to answer any questions about the position, so be sure to check our social media and website for updates on those events.

03/01/2024

The McMullen Museum is only two songs away! Here are two songs that Lily listens to on her walk to the museum. One of them is by our very own student ambassador, Liam. Listen to Lily's songs and visit the McMullen.

02/24/2024

Beginning tomorrow, February 18th, the McMullen Museum will offer free docent tours of "The Lost Generation: Women Ceramicists and the Cuban Avant-Garde | La generación perdida: mujeres ceramistas y la vanguardia cubana" every Sunday from 2:00 to 3:00 pm. Meet in the Museum Atrium. No prior registration is required.

Address

2101 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA
02135

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	12pm - 5pm
Sunday	12pm - 5pm

Telephone

+16175521427

Website

https://mcmullenmuseum.bc.edu/

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Videos

Docent Tour (Intro).mp4

Do you want to learn more about the McMullen Museum and our current exhibition? Join us for one of our weekly docent tours which take place every Sunday from 2–3 PM! The Tours are completely free and meet in the Museum Atrium. #TheMcMullen

"Landscape of Memory: Seven Installations from the Barjeel Art Foundation (Sharjah, UAE)"

The McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College opens January 30, 2023 with "Landscape of Memory: Seven Installations from the Barjeel Art Foundation (Sharjah, UAE)"!

The McMullen Museum opens on Monday, January 30 with "Landscape of Memory: Seven Installations from the Barjeel Art Foundation (Sharjah, UAE)!

Martin Parr Animation (2)

"Martin Parr: Time & Place" will be on display at the McMullen Museum of Art until June 5th. The exhibition was curated by Professor Karl Baden in collaboration with Boston College Irish Studies, Art, Art History, and English faculty. Comprising over 135 works and an extensive collection of photobooks, the exhibition features at its core a career-spanning selection of Parr’s Irish photographs and other series that demonstrate how Parr developed a powerful vocabulary of visual and conceptual ideas informed by overlapping feelings of familiarity and alienation. You don't want to miss it!

Mariano Intro (1)

There is one month left to experience "Mariano: Variations on a Theme | Variaciones sobre un tema" here at the McMullen Museum of Art. You do not want to miss this historic exhibit! #McMullenMuseumofArt #Mariano #BostonCollege

Opening soon...

Want to change up your study spot? Reserve a space to study on the terrace at the McMullen Museum ~ As fall is coming in, come out to the terrace to see the beautiful fall leaves and to get some fresh air! Contact Rachel Chamberlain ([email protected]) to book an appointment! #theterrace #mymcmullen

Fall 2019 Exhibitions

September 9–December 8, 2019 McMullen Museum Exhibitions Listing

September 9–December 8, 2019 McMullen Museum Exhibitions

Art After Dark: Trickster's Eve 3D Mask

3D masks are WAY spookier than 2D masks. If you agree, Art After Dark: Trickster's Eve sounds like the event for you! Come to the McMullen Museum of Art on Friday from 6-9 PM for 3D mask-making, and other Halloween activities!

Cao Jun's live demonstration

Cao Jun's live demonstration of painting with ink on rice paper for "Cao Jun: Hymns to Nature" on Sunday's patron's opening.

DIY Stamps

Want to (st)amp us your Friday night? The McMullen will be hosting our Art After Dark Student Opening for "Cao Jun: Hymns to Nature" this Friday from 6-10 pm with free Chinese food, music by Electronic State of Mind, Black Experience in America Through Song (BEATS) The Sharps of Boston College The Common Tones of Boston College and DIY crafts like making your own stamps!

Didn't get a chance to visit Art After Dark on Friday? Here's a quick peek at what we were up to...

A quick peek of our student opening!! Come by and say hi!

We recently welcomed this featured piece, Maternity (2013) Roberto Estopiñán, to our permanent collection

Tonight's Art After Dark event. Students are welcome to stop by the McMullen to paint pumpkins, decorate cookies, and watch everyone's favorite 90s Halloween movies until 9PM!

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Our Story

The McMullen Museum remains temporarily closed to the public; visit and learn with us online here: McMullen From Home. Please check our Events page often for virtual exhibition tours, Into the Collection features, Museum Current lectures, and Crash Course workshops. We hope to reopen to the public with Taking Shape: Abstraction in the Arab World, 1950s–1980s on January 25, 2021.

The Museum will open to the Boston College community by appointment only starting August 31, 2020. Please contact Rachel Chamberlain to schedule a tour or class visit.

Read updates to Boston College’s COVID-19 response here.

The McMullen Museum is pleased to present, Indian Ocean Current: Six Artistic Narratives, curated by Boston College Professor of History Prasannan Parthasarathi and founder of the Institute of Contemporary Art Indian Ocean in Mauritius Salim Currimjee. Indian Ocean Current features videos, collages, paintings, sculptures, interactive installations, and photographs by renowned artists Shiraz Bayjoo, Nicholas Hlobo, Shilpa Gupta, Wangechi Mutu, Penny Siopis, and Hajra Waheed—whose deep ties to the lands surrounding the Indian Ocean inform their work.

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