Thin Places: Thresholds of Transmission
Beatrice Glow, Megan and Murray McMillan, and Sabrina Ratté
September 15 – December 12, 2026
Artist Talks: October 20, November 5, and November 17, 2026
ABOUT US
Where art meets the city…
Emerson Contemporary is focused is on presenting living artists, their ideas, experiments, and creative practices in the areas of media art, performance art, and emergent technologies, while critically examining these works in their social context. Our in-depth engagement with the temporary exhibitions and related public programming is based on the principle that artistic practice is an intellectual activity and works of art are a unique form of knowledge production. Furthermore, we believe that art is essential in society as it creates dialog, asks questions, and brings people together. At Emerson Contemporary we believe that art, in fact, can help change society.
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Tuesday, October 20th @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Textures of Time: Artist Talk by Beatrice Glow
Join Emerson Contemporary for an artist talk with Beatrice Glow, whose research-driven practice explores how histories of empire, migration, trade, and cultural exchange continue to shape the present. Doors open at 6pm, talk starts at 6:30pm.
25 Avery Street, Boston, Ma. More information
How Do You Imagine the Universe? Artists Megan and Murray McMillan in conversation with Astrophysicist Gonzalo
Thursday, November 5, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Join Emerson Contemporary for a conversation between artists Megan and Murray McMillan and astrophysicist Gonzalo Herrera Moreno, a Neutrino Theory Network Fellow at MIT and Harvard.
Co-hosted by creativity@emerson. Doors open at 6pm, talk starts at 6:30pm.
25 Avery Street, Boston, Ma.
UPCOMING + RECENTLY PAST EXHIBITIONS
KEIKEN *coming in 2027
Media Art Gallery, Boston MA
Keiken (経験), meaning “experience” in Japanese, is an artist collective that pioneers a collaborative approach to creating immersive worlds through embodied storytelling, empathetic technologies, and deep world building. They blend science fiction, consciousness research, gaming, and emerging technologies to create experiences where the digital and physical merge.
January 26 – March 27, 2027
a sentient land: aesthetic alliances with forests, beetles, salt, and air
Featuring artists Margaux Crump , Julia Krupa, Eileen Ryan, Nelly-eve Rajotte
A Sentient Land explores the application of post-humanist philosophy with artwork made in collaboration with non-human beings.
January 21 – March 28, 2026 [This exhibition has passed]
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
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A conversation with artist-in-residence Kameelah J. Rasheed
Artist-in-residence Kameelah J. Rasheed discusses her exhibition, the inspiration behind her work, and her findings from studying writing and language.
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Emilio Rojas: The Intersections Between Art, Politics, and Understanding
By Maddie Browning A man carries a pillow across the U.S. for seven years. He sleeps on it every night, remembering when his uncle drew his last breath on the…
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Georgie Friedman: The Journey Up To “Hurricane Lost”
An edited and shortened transcription of Virtual Artist Talk with Georgie Friedman; photos provided by Friedman. Tonight, I want to give a brief overview of some of my past projects,…
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Art and Healing: Nyugen Smith
Missed out on the Art and Healing talk with Nyugen Smith last month? Catch the highlights and Q&A here! And don’t miss out on the distributed exhibit, Bundlehouse: Rising Into…
