MFA Maverick Kings

Museum of Fine Arts “Maverick Kings” AND “Picasso, Miró, & Dalí”,

Thursday, November 12

Spend the day with us exploring one of the most comprehensive museums in the world with art from ancient Egyptian to contemporary; Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. In addition to the extensive permanent collections there are two exciting traveling exhibits on display at this time.  We will enjoy timed admission to the exhibit “Maverick Kings: Three Visionary Pharaohs of Egypt’s Golden Age”.  Spanning 1550 to 1292 BCE is known as ancient Egypt’s “golden age,”. A time marked by great societal and artistic change. Initiating these developments, Egypt’s mighty pharaohs patronized artists, architects, and craftspeople, who in turn produced distinctive portraits, impressive buildings, and art with a recognizable style. This exhibition focuses on three celebrated rulers of the 18th Dynasty: Hatshepsut, Amenhotep III, and Akhenaten. All members of the same family, each was a maverick who understood the power of images and used them effectively to advance their agendas during their long reigns. Visitors will see major monuments to Hatshepsut, including the only royal sarcophagus from the 18th Dynasty outside of Egypt; large statues of deities in animal form, a style characteristic of Amenhotep III’s reign, such as a nearly six-foot-tall statue of a falcon; and a sculpted portrait of Akhenaten’s son, Tutankhamen, who restored the cults of the old gods. 

 The second exciting traveling exhibit is “Picasso, Miro, & Dali: Unbound”. Bold, experimental, extravagant, and unbound, both literally and in the creative minds that produced them, livres d’artiste (Artist’s Book)  had no precedent. At the turn of the 20th century, they revolutionized the book as an art form. Livres d’artiste attracted many famous practitioners—Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and Salvador Dalí among them—but they were also deeply collaborative ventures. This exhibition introduces the imaginative world of this art form through a group of extraordinary, rarely on view works by Spanish artists. Visitors can explore how images, words, and typography intersect, often in intricate ways that defy expectations. 

Enjoy five hours to explore the permanent and traveling exhibit at the MFA

$110

Package Includes:

*Deluxe motorcoach transportation

*admission to Museum of Fine Arts including Maverick Kings and Picasso, Miró, & Dalí

*gratuities for bus driver & tour escort

Payments & Cancellations:

Cash, personal checks & money orders accepted

Visa & MasterCard payments accepted via phone.

Full payment is due 45 days prior to the trip, refundable up to 14 days prior to tour

Cancellation Protection is available for this trip for $10.00 per person (does not include weather related cancellations)