NE Adventure

Item Description

Take the family for a day at the museum! See "The Great Wave" & other works by famed Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849). 

5 VIP passes for the Hokusai exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Exhibit is open now and closes August 9, 2015. VIP Pass includes Museum admission as well as entry to the Hokusai exhibit.

Exhibition hours start at 10 am daily and end at:

4:15 pm Saturday through Tuesday
9:15 pm Wednesday through Friday

Please see http://www.mfa.org/ for more information.

From the MFA exhibit description:

"As the home of the largest and finest collection of Japanese art outside Japan—including the greatest variety of Hokusai works in any museum—the MFA is uniquely positioned to offer a comprehensive exhibition of this remarkable artist. Drawing from extensive holdings of paintings, woodblock prints, and illustrated printed books, the Museum will showcase an array of works from Hokusai’s seven-decade career, including lesser-known pieces depicting whimsical instructions on how to draw, dynamic paintings on paper lanterns, and elaborate cut-out dioramas. Also displayed are some of the most famous images in Japanese art, including Under the Wave Off Kanagawa (Great Wave)(about 1830–31)—from the legendary series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji—and the brilliantly colored multi-panel screen painting Phoenix (1835). Spanning Hokusai’s work from his 20s through his 80s, the exhibition will explore common themes through sections dedicated to topics such as landscapes, nature, fantasy, and the “Floating World” of urban culture (including depictions of the Kabuki theater and the Yoshiwara pleasure district). Works that depict Japanese historical and literary motifs will be featured along with “perspective prints” with exaggerated vanishing points, often used in toy peep shows. An extremely delicate silk square of a mythological Chinese lion, likely used as a gift wrapper (fukusa), will also be included, in a rare public display of the fragile work."

Item Special Note

These tickets expire August 9, 2015 (the close of the Hokusai exhibit)

Museum is closed Patriot's Day (April 20) and Independence Day (July 4).  The passes may not be combined with any other offer or promotion, and may not be applied toward MFA membership.