Glancing Back Fifty Years: Murray Dewart

At Boston Sculptors

By: BS - Nov 12, 2026

 

Boston Sculptors Gallery presents Glancing Back Fifty Years: Murray Dewart, on view December 10, 2026 through January 24, 2027. From his early 1970’s wood carvings to new sculptures in bronze, steel and aluminum, the exhibition represents the arc of the artist’s fifty-year career.

Greeting viewers as they enter the gallery, Dewart’s signature piece, the one-ton granite and bronze Double Happiness, looms large. A diverse selection of sculptural work will be on display, demonstrating the breadth and depth of Dewart’s practice, which embraces both traditional and cutting-edge methods, from the lost wax technique to computerized water jet technology.  

Dewart has work in more than fifty museums and parks around the world, most recently in the War Remnants Museum in Vietnam and the Haifa Museum in Israel. Critic Marty Carlock hailed Dewart for his “world class sculptures,” and Sebastian Smee and Cate McQuaid of the Boston Globe praised his sculpture’s “quiet majesty” and “steadfast, symbol laden offering of spiritual shelter.”

The exhibition also serves as a launch event for Dewart’s third book, A Pilgrim Sculptor’s Book of Hours, a collection of short meditative texts alternating with photographs of sculptures.

Glancing Back Fifty Years: Murray Dewart

December 10, 2026 – January 24, 2027

Artist’s Reception & Talk Saturday, December 12, 2 – 5pm, Talk at 3pm

First Friday  January 1, 5 – 8:30pm

Closing Reception & Artist Talk   Saturday, January 23, 2 – 5pm, Talk at 3pm

Meet the Artist in the Gallery. January 9, 16 & December 13, 11am – 5pm

Gallery Hours Wed, Thu, Sat & Sun 11am – 5pm, Fri 11am – 7pm