Deciphering Rome

Wednesday, April 4, 6–7:30pm
Menschel Hall, Lower Level
In this lecture, Professor Joseph Connors will explore the origins of the Renaissance center of Rome and its links to the papacy. More


Harvard College Film Festival

Saturday, April 7, 2–4pm
Menschel Hall, Lower Level

Presenting the winning films in this year’s student-run festival. More


Members Tour

Wednesday, April 18, 5:30–6:30pm

Members are invited to discover the Harvard Art Museums collections during a special curator-led tour through select galleries, held outside the museums’ public hours. More

Film and Discussion: Spell Reel, with Director Filipa César

Thursday, April 19, 7–9pm
Menschel Hall, Lower Level

By turns political documentary, archival history, and lyrical exploration of the relationship between past and present, Filipa César’s 2017 film Spell Reel presents a trove of footage taken during Guinea-Bissau’s war of independence from Portugal (1963–74) in West Africa. More


Art Study Center Seminar: Otto Piene’s Sketchbook Practice

Friday, April 20, 11am–noon
Art Study Center, Level 4

In this session, poet and artist Elizabeth Goldring will discuss the artistic practice of her late husband, German-born Otto Piene, as manifested in his sketchbooks, many of which have never before been exhibited. More

The Management of Shattered Identity: German Films, 1945–57

Friday, April 20, 7–10:30pm
Saturday, April 21, 7–11pm
Monday, April 23, 7–8:30pm
Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy Street

In conjunction with our special exhibition Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55, the Harvard Film Archive is screening five German films from the period.


David Levinthal: History, Memory, and Myth

Wednesday, April 25, 6–7:15pm
Menschel Hall, Lower Level

Levinthal will discuss his Polaroid photography, which explores history and myths in American culture, with curator Makeda Best. More


Art Study Center Seminar: “A Constant Source of Joy”—The Calderwood Courtyard, 1518 to the present

Friday, April 27, 11am–noon
Art Study Center, Level 4

Archivist Megan Schwenke and research curator Danielle Carrabino will discuss special archival materials related to our courtyard’s history. More

Midday Organ Recitals

12:15–12:45pm
Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland Street

Join us for lunch-hour recitals performed on Harvard’s famous 1958 D. A. Flentrop organ. Audience members are invited to lunch quietly while listening.

Thursday, April 5: Cheryl Van Ornam
Thursday, April 12: Tate Addis
Thursday, April 19: Raymond Hawkins

Inventur in the Press

“Inventur fills a lacuna in our understanding, enabling us to make sense of the sweep of German art in the twentieth century—and it does so with considerable care, taste, and élan.” Read Claire Messud’s review of our Inventur­­ exhibition in The New York Review of Books.
Learn more about Inventur and related programming, including gallery talks, Art Study Center Seminars, and lectures. 

Highlights from Index

Watch as curator Lynette Roth explains how her research for the Inventur exhibition led her to lesser-known women artists. More

A recently acquired 19th-century portrait by Louisiana painter Julien Hudson, the second-earliest documented painter of African descent in the United States, raises as many questions about the sitter as about the work’s provenance. More

 

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Gallery Talks

Join our experts for regular gallery talks. Upcoming topics include 17th-century Dutch landscape painting, Max Beckmann’s Self-Portrait in Tuxedo, andan overview of our Wertheim Collection,given in Korean. Check the calendar for the full lineup.

Student Guide Tours

Join our student guides for in-depth tours focused on objects in our collections, free with admission. Tours run Fridays at 2pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 11am and 3pm. More

Free Parking on Weekends

Limited free parking for visitors is now available from 10am to 5pm on weekends in Harvard University’s Broadway Garage, at 7 Felton Street. Parking tickets must be validated at the museums’ admissions desk before returning to the garage.
Image: (header) Julien Hudson, Portrait of a Young Woman in White, 1840. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund, 2017.229. 
           
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