| Tufts University Art Galleries |
| You're Invited: Magical Thinking, of Systems and Beliefs Opening |
| Dec 15, 2025 |
| Join Us January 29 at TUAG / Boston |
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Please join us at TUAG / Boston for a reception and performance from exhibiting artist manuel arturo abreu to celebrate the opening of Magical Thinking, of Systems and Beliefs. Learn more about the exhibition and RSVP for opening events below: OPENING RECEPTION + PERFORMANCE Register for the Opening Reception + Performance here. Join us for a reception to celebrate the opening of Magical Thinking, of Systems and Beliefs, featuring the work of manuel arturo abreu, DB Amorin, Jonathan González, fields harrington, Africanus Okokon, and sidony o’neal. Their works across sculpture, new media, sound, print, installation, and video, evoke the oft-denigrating phrase “magical thinking,” signaling to skeptics an impossibility or distortion in the connection between beliefs and reality. Works in the exhibition resist Western frameworks and their historically dominant visual and political regimes, instead offering invitations to see signs, relationships, and links between the material and spiritual worlds in knowledge systems from across the Global South. During the reception, manuel arturo abreu will present altar for the unthought, 2026. Combining the formats of artist talk and piano concert, the non-disciplinary artist will examine their relationship to the notion of “magical thinking” in this partly-improvised performance. |
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As the public center for visual arts at Tufts University, the Art Galleries create a dynamic learning space through a responsive program of contemporary art exhibitions, events, collecting, and scholarship, across our two locations in Medford and Boston. We are driven by our belief in the impact of art and artists on our world and grounded in the values of care, learning, dialogue, and the creative process. We strive to make our exhibitions and programming accessible for all audiences. If you have any questions or would like to discuss how to best make a program accessible for you, please email galleryaccessibility@tufts.edu Locations and Hours Aidekman Arts Center Both TUAG locations are currently closed. Please join us in January for the openings of Michelle Lopez: Shadow of a Doubt and Magical Thinking, of Systems and Beliefs. At Tufts we take care of your personal data, if you want to know more about our privacy notice, please see our privacy statement. |