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The Year in Arts 2017

Top 10 of the year in art

Best contemporary show “Mark Dion: Misadventures of a 21st-Century Naturalist,” Institute of Contemporary Art

Best modern show “Matisse in the Studio,” Museum of Fine Arts

Best thematic/historical show “Lines of Thought: Drawing From Michelangelo to Now From the British Museum,” RISD Museum

Best group show “Screens: Virtual Material,” deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park

Best Old Master show “Botticelli and the Search for the Divine,” Museum of Fine Arts

Best painting show “Joe Bradley,” Rose Art Museum

Best print show “No Rules: Helen Frankenthaler Woodcuts,” Clark Art Institute

Best sculpture show “Nari Ward: Sun Splashed,” Institute of Contemporary Art

Best video show “Steve McQueen: Ashes,” Institute of Contemporary Art

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Best new museum building Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Building 6

Best new long-term installation “James Turrell: Into the Light,” Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art

Best new permanent gallery “Daily Life in Ancient Greece,” Museum of Fine Arts


Cate McQuaid can be reached at catemcquaid@gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter @cmcq.