| Tufts University Art Galleries |
| Saying Goodbye to Spring 2026 |
| Apr 21, 2026 |
| Thank You to Our Audiences! |
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This past Sunday marked the final day of our Spring 2026 exhibitions—Michelle Lopez: Shadow of a Doubt at TUAG / Medford and Magical Thinking, of Systems and Beliefs at TUAG / Boston. This season, we fully embraced the call to rethink sculptures and systems, presenting two exhibitions that explored these mediums to deeply thoughtful, surprising results. We found our galleries filled with audiences eager to be in community and engage with collective, participatory performance. As we gathered—to unearth histories of radical Black pedagogy with Jonathan González and the Museum of African American History and partnered with Tufts Chaplaincy to bring Michelle Lopez’s Keep Their Heads Ringin’ to the historic Goddard Chapel belltower—we felt the transformative power of artistic practice as a means of visibility and empowerment. We are deeply grateful to the many artists and collaborators who made this season possible, and of course, to you, our community, for your continuous support of vibrant, experimental contemporary art and programming. Thank you! |
| Exhibition • Medford • May 5, 2026 – May 17, 2026 |
| 2026 SMFA at Tufts MFA Thesis Exhibition: Passages |
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We invite you to join us in closing out the semester and celebrating the 2026 SMFA at Tufts MFA graduates during a public reception to celebrate their thesis exhibition Passages (on view May 5–17) on Friday, May 15 from 5-8PM at TUAG / Medford (Aidekman Arts Center). |
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| Exhibition • Boston • May 6, 2026 – May 17, 2026 |
| 2026 SMFA at Tufts BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition: Until we run out of space |
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The 2026 BFA Senior Thesis exhibition Until we run out of space at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) features the work of graduating BFA and Combined Degree seniors in the Atrium, Anderson Auditorium, Grossman Gallery, B305 and B307 galleries, and across the SMFA campus. Join us for a drop-in reception celebrating the student artists May 16, 5–8PM. |
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Selected Press for Spring 2026 The Brooklyn Rail, Michelle Lopez: Shadow of a Doubt by Sara Farrell Okamura Boston Art Review, Jonathan González’s suite for a minor meeting Performance Carved Out a Delicate Presence, Gabrielle Mitchell-Bonds Art Spiel, Magical Thinking of Systems and Beliefs Boston Art Review, Michelle Lopez Holds the Line Between Control and Collapse, Marcus Civin |
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As the public center for visual arts at Tufts University, the Art Galleries create a dynamic learning space through a responsive program of contemporary art exhibitions, events, collecting, and scholarship, across our two locations in Medford and Boston. We are driven by our belief in the impact of art and artists on our world and grounded in the values of care, learning, dialogue, and the creative process. We strive to make our exhibitions and programming accessible for all audiences. If you have any questions or would like to discuss how to best make a program accessible for you, please email galleryaccessibility@tufts.edu Locations and Hours Aidekman Arts Center SMFA at Tufts Closed for installation. At Tufts we take care of your personal data, if you want to know more about our privacy notice, please see our privacy statement. |