Exhibitions

Winter/Spring 2026

Imagine you could be a different version of yourself. What parts of your identity might you reinvent? This winter/spring, three exhibitions explore the concept of persona and what its creation and depiction may reveal about an artist, their society, and ourselves.

Fenway Gallery

Picturing Isabella

February 19—June 21, 2026

Hostetter Gallery

Persona: Photography and the Re-Imagined Self

February 19—May 10, 2026

Anne H. Fitzpatrick Façade

Jamie Diamond: Monstra Te Esse Matrem, 2026

February 10—July 28, 2026

- Otto Rosenheim (German, 1871–1955), Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1906. Gelatin silver print, 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.) Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
- Samuel Fosso (Cameroonian), Self-Portrait (Malcolm X) from African Spirits series, 2008. Ilford Fiberbased Glossy Paper, 101.5 x 76 cm (40 x 30 in) © Samuel Fosso. Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo, New York
- Samuel Fosso (Cameroonian), Self-Portrait (Angela Davis) from African Spirits series, 2008. Ilford Fiberbased Glossy Paper, 101.5 x 76 cm (40 x 30 in) © Samuel Fosso. Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo, New York
- Yasumasa Morimura (Japanese), An Inner Dialogue with Frida Kahlo (Skull Ring), 2001. Digital chromogenic print mounted on aluminum, 80 x 120 cm (31 1/2 x 47 1/4 in.) © Yasumasa Morimura; Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York
- Claude Cahun (French, 1894–1954), I am in training don't kiss me, 1927. Gelatin silver print, 11.7 x 8.8 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/2 in.) Courtesy of the Jersey Heritage Collections
- Jamie Diamond: Monstra Te Esse Matrem, 2026 [rendering] © Jamie Diamond. Image courtesy of Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston