Say so long to summer without breaking a sweat. Pop in for a gallery talk or a student guide tour or just cool off with a cold brew at Jenny’s Cafe.
Discover Prince ShÅtoku: The Secrets Within and Japan on Paper before they close on August 11. Plus, mark your calendar for the opening of our upcoming exhibition.
Discover Prince ShÅtoku: The Secrets Within and Japan on Paper before they close on August 11. Plus, mark your calendar for the opening of our upcoming exhibition.
Thursday, September 5
Open galleries (free, no ticket required):
5–9pm
Be among the first to see Crossing Lines, Constructing Home: Displacement and Belonging in Contemporary Art. Experience the galleries after hours and join in a festive reception.
Opening lecture (free, ticket required):
6pm
Curators Makeda Best and Mary Schneider Enriquez join Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi and Jessica Hong to examine the role of the curator in the midst of global displacement.
Open galleries (free, no ticket required):
5–9pm
Be among the first to see Crossing Lines, Constructing Home: Displacement and Belonging in Contemporary Art. Experience the galleries after hours and join in a festive reception.
Opening lecture (free, ticket required):
6pm
Curators Makeda Best and Mary Schneider Enriquez join Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi and Jessica Hong to examine the role of the curator in the midst of global displacement.
Spotlight On: Gallery Talks
Play Time! Hacking Art with Algorithms
Women Artists Take Up Space
Kara Walker’s U.S.A. Idioms
Rembrandt’s Fascination with Faces
Luster Lust Lost
Check the calendar for the full list of talks.
Women Artists Take Up Space
Kara Walker’s U.S.A. Idioms
Rembrandt’s Fascination with Faces
Luster Lust Lost
Check the calendar for the full list of talks.
In the Press
“The lush, large format brings readers close to 102 of those objects, many of which are diminutive.”
—John S. Rosenberg, editor of Harvard Magazine, reviewed our recent publication Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums
“Take your guests on a grand tour at the Harvard Art Museums, where European allure and venue options are in no short supply.”
—The Harvard Art Museums were recently voted “Best Wedding Venue, Museum” by Boston Magazine
“Prompted by a recent trip to Florence, I’ve just finished re-reading Dark Water: Art, Disaster, and Redemption in Florence by Robert Clark.”
—Director Martha Tedeschi shared her summer reading picks with The Harvard Gazette
“What do people do when they draw?”
—Joachim Homann, our new drawings curator, was recently interviewed by The Harvard Crimson
Creating Art, Amid the Art
Light Prop for an Electric Stage: Past and Present
Generous Gift Supports Student Guide Program
Light Prop for an Electric Stage: Past and Present
Generous Gift Supports Student Guide Program
Final Days
Prince ShÅtoku: The Secrets Within
closes August 11
Japan on Paper
closes August 11
Winslow Homer: Eyewitness
opens August 31
Early Christian Africa: Arts of Transformation
opens August 31
Critical Printing
opens August 31
Crossing Lines, Constructing Home: Displacement and Belonging in Contemporary Art
opens September 6
Clay—Modeling African Design
closes August 11
Japan on Paper
closes August 11
What’s Next
Winslow Homer: Eyewitness
opens August 31
Early Christian Africa: Arts of Transformation
opens August 31
Critical Printing
opens August 31
Crossing Lines, Constructing Home: Displacement and Belonging in Contemporary Art
opens September 6
Ongoing
Clay—Modeling African Design
#HarvardArtMuseums
Image: Final Days: Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, Gifts of the Ebb Tide, Edo period, 1789. Woodblock-printed book. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia, 1985.691.
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