April
A painting of a light-skinned woman with dark hair, wearing a highly decorative dress and sumptuous jewelry.
Start your spring by sweeping the mental cobwebs at one of the Harvard Art Museums’ many engaging lectures and gallery talks, pondering colonial commodities with associate curator Horace D. Ballard, or exploring ancient Greek and Roman worlds through small-scale objects. If you’re in the mood for a hands-on activity, pick up a paintbrush and learn from a master brush painter or bring your kids along for a free afternoon of creative play on Family Day!

There’s a reason why we have been voted one of the top museums in Massachusetts—come see for yourself!
A woman shrugs her shoulders in front of a black sculpture in a gallery; a young girl copies her motion.

FAMILY DAY

Free Family Fun

Bring your family to the Harvard Art Museums on Saturday, April 15 for an afternoon of artful experiences, gallery explorations, and hands-on creative play! The event is free and open to all families participating in the event.
In a museum gallery, a woman walks toward a large religious painting, while two people chat on a bench in front of it.

Make your evening plans complete by heading over to the Harvard Art Museums on Thursday, April 27 for the ever-popular Harvard Art Museums at Night! Stop by the Materials Lab for themed activities, then hang out with your friends in the Calderwood Courtyard to chat over a snack or drink. A nighttime of fun awaits!

 

 
A painting of a light-skinned woman with dark hair, wearing a highly decorative dress and sumptuous jewelry.

On Thursday evening, April 13, come out to hear curator Rosario I. Granados, from the Blanton Museum of Art, deliver her lecture “Artifice and Invention: Displaying Art of the Spanish Americas,” in conjunction with the From the Andes to the Caribbean exhibition. The lecture is free and open to the public, but make sure to reserve your spot starting Monday, April 3.
 
A group of young people on a stage wearing black shirts and singing.

PERFORMANCE

The Power of Music

Arrive for the April 13 lecture early and join us in the Calderwood Courtyard for a performance by the Boston Children’s Chorus. The group harnesses the power of music to connect the city of Boston’s diverse communities, cultivate empathy, and inspire social inquiry. The concert will include some pieces inspired by the exhibition.
A man in a black baseball hat and black jacket with blue trim sits outside near a fence with wooden posts.

The Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP) and the Harvard Art Museums present a lecture on Thursday, April 6 by author Tommy Orange, a citizen of Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and Pulitzer Prize finalist for his novel There There. Free admission, but seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
A woodblock print shows a sparrow perched on a branch. The painting is executed in black ink and delicate gradations of color.

Learn about centuries-old Chinese painting manuals and make your own copy of a traditional brush painting composition. One session will be offered in English, on Sunday, April 16, and one session will be offered in Chinese, on Sunday, April 23.
A movie poster showing a young boy hugging another figure, whose face is hidden from the viewer.

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont’s film Close is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing. Join us Sunday, April 2 for a free screening of the film.
Side-by-side headshots of a man and woman both wearing black shirts and smiling at the camera.

On Thursday, April 20, join us for a discussion between an artist, a blockchain researcher, and an award-winning television producer about how blockchain technologies can assist in more inclusive and equitable models in the art market. Free admission, but seating is limited. Advance reservations are encouraged and will open on Monday, April 10.
Two side-by-side paintings of women at a well engaging with a man on horseback.

This conversation between Baroda-based artist Nilima Sheikh, scholar Jinah Kim, and curator Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım will explore the themes of color and water in traditional painting of South Asia and how these are reflected in Sheikh’s work. Join us Saturday, April 22 for this free lecture and get inspired!
A terracotta figurine depicting a seated young woman with a mirror on her lap.

On Sunday, April 16, venture with us into the world of James Loeb to examine his influence on ancient studies and delight in the small objects that filled his life. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition A World within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection. Free admission, but seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Index 

Events

 

Images: Header and Art of the Spanish Americas: Unidentified artist, Spanish Colonial, Francisca Bárbara Vázquez de Acuña, Menaco Sosa, Zorrilla de la Gándara, León y Mendoza, Román de Aulestia, y Cedreros, Gómez Boquete y Montealegre, Countess de la Vega del Ren, late 1770s or 1780s. Oil on canvas. Collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma, TL42430.20. Courtesy of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation. Photo: Jamie Stukenberg. Free Family Fun: Photo: Sarah Lieberman. The Power of Music: Photo: A Priori Photography & Katie Pustizzi. Indigenous Voices: Photo: © Elena Seibert. Art by the Brush: Hu Zhengyan 胡正言, Chinese, Bird on a Flowering Branch, from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), after 1633–before 1703. One page from a woodblock-printed book mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund, 1940.165.41. Close Friendship: Courtesy of A24. Building Blockchain: Amy Whitaker (Photo: © Sheiva Rezvani) and Kevin McCoy (photo courtesy of the artist). Lyrical Colors, Flowing Stories: Nilima Sheikh, Indian, Going Away, from the series Each Night Put Kashmir in Your Dreams, 2009–10. Scroll painted on both sides; casein tempera on canvas. Courtesy of the artist. Small Yet Larger than Life: Woman with mirror, Greek, Boeotia (modern Greece), late 4th century CE. Terracotta with traces of pigment. Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek München, SL 294, TL42482.42. Photo © Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek.

Loans and exhibition coordination for From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire courtesy of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation Fund for the American Art Department; the Bolton Fund for American Art, Gift of the Payne Fund; the Alexander S., Robert L., and Bruce A. Beal Exhibition Fund; and the Gurel Student Exhibition Fund. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund.

Support for A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection is provided by the Kelekian Fund.






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