April
A courtyard full of people chatting, with paintings on display in the upper level.

In April we proudly kick off Harvard Art Museums at Night, a free, festive monthly event where you can spend the evening at the museums with your friends enjoying music and delicious refreshments! Find out how to reserve your tickets below. Be sure to catch the last days of the installation Krzysztof Wodiczko: Portrait, on view through April 17. And this month we’re pleased to present a lecture by author David Treuer, who delves into the Native American past, present, and future, on April 14.
A man with glasses leans over a lightboard surrounded by various bottles of artist supplies.

“Culture will be the savior of society,” said Allan Edmunds, founder of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives in Philadelphia. Check out this short video that reveals the ingenuity and creativity of the workshop, highlighted in our spring prints exhibition.
A man in a black t-shirt and glasses stands outside, with his arms crossed, looking directly at the camera..

On, Thursday, April 14, join us in-person for this lecture presented by the Harvard University Native American Program and the Harvard Art Museums. New York Times–bestselling author and critic David Treuer (Leech Lake Ojibwe) looks at the current state of affairs for Native and Indigenous peoples in the United States. The event is free and open to all.
A video still shows a painted portrait of George Washington, whose face is overlaid with the face of a dark-skinned person.

Don’t miss the last days to see Krzysztof Wodiczko: Portrait, which ties together questions of democracy and history in a time of heightened political division. Hear the diverse perspectives of students and young people speak through Gilbert Stuart’s iconic painting of George Washington.
A courtyard is full of people chatting, with paintings on display in the upper level. In the foreground, a large metallic sculpture hangs over the courtyard

AT NIGHT

After Hours

Get ready to kick off the first Harvard Art Museums at Night, on Thursday, April 28, from 5 to 9pm! The Calderwood Courtyard will come to life with music, refreshments, and you! Reserve your tickets starting on April 14. Free for everyone, At Night events will be offered on the last Thursday of each month (holidays permitting).
A painting on a worn scroll of a woman in a red dress with Chinese writing to the left of her. The background is golden.

Legendary Chinese poet and master weaver Lady Su Hui (304–439) appears as a heroine in many Chinese paintings. Watch this video introducing three paintings, now on view at the museums, featuring Su Hui.
A dark red and blue patterned wool cushion cover with embedded inscriptions.

The catalogue Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Medieval Egyptian Tombs, which accompanies an exhibition now on view, is available to purchase in the museum shop and online. The book explores prize textiles known as tiraz, whose meaning and materiality show the connections between communities of the medieval Islamic world.
A cyanotype of botanical specimens.

Gallery Talk

Artful Nature

Learn how science and art combine in the gallery talk "Ella Hurd’s Botanical Cyanotypes—Camera-less Photography and Scientific Discovery in the 19th Century" on Wednesday, April 27.
Two people stand in a gallery looking at a large oval-shaped painting of three girls surrounded by golden plants.

On Wednesday, April 20, join us for a Free Admission Day-, sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation’s Spring Week. Reserve your ticket today!
Harvard Arts First Festival logo in black, red, and orange.

Festival

ARTS FIRST

Harvard’s annual ARTS FIRST Festival celebrates the creativity of members of the Harvard community. The Harvard Art Museums will be free to all on Saturday, April 30. Come join in the festivities, with music in the Calderwood Courtyard and even a Make Art station in nearby Harvard Yard.
Drawing of two men on either side of a plant with Arabic writing above and below them.

On Wednesday, April 20, professor Jochen Sokoly will present this year’s Norma Jean Calderwood Lecture, “Clothing the Caliphate: Dress Cultures of the Early Islamic Period,” in conjunction with the Social Fabrics exhibition.

Index 

Events

 

Images: (header) Photo: Danny Hoshino. Artful Nature: Ella J.C. Hurd, American, Asplenium ebeneum (Ebony spleenwort) and Lycopodium clavatum (Common club moss), c. 1890–1900. Cyanotype. Courtesy of the Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University, TL42353.3. Free Admission Day: © Caitlin Cunningham Photography. Photo: Caitlin Cunningham. Art: Kehinde Wiley, American, Portrait of Asia-Imani, Gabriella-Esnae, and Kaya Palmer, 2020. Oil on linen. The Tim & Danny Art Foundation, TL42289. © Kehinde Wiley.  






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