“Barbara’s painting will be monumental by any standard, but for a watercolor on paper – perhaps the most unforgiving combination of any painterly media — the undertaking is truly breathtaking.”
- MASS MoCA on Barbara Prey’s commission for the Museum
Barbara Prey is invited to be one of the American artists included in our nation's 250th exhibition taking place at the Art Museum of the Americas (AMA) on the National Mall in Washington, DC organized through the State Department and Art in Embassies program. The exhibition opens July 30 and runs through October 18, 2026.
Painting to Scale follows painter Barbara Prey as she undertakes the unprecedented challenge of creating the world's largest known watercolor painting for MASS MoCA's Building 6.
Images and information about the commission, creation, and installation of this monumental painting at MASS MoCA.
MASS MoCA
MASS MoCA’s Building 6 now open and Barbara’s painting — considered the world’s largest watercolor — on view, watch Barbara working on her commission onsite. Read the details of the process here.
