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August

This painting depicts a group of men gathering in and around a watering hole on a sunny day.

Last week, we were thrilled to announce that the Harvard Art Museums will reopen to the public on Saturday, September 4! Additionally, we’ll begin offering free admission to everyone on Sundays (bonus: parking in Cambridge is free on Sundays, too). You can get all the details in this online announcement.

Thank you for your engagement and support in building an online community over the last year and a half—now we look forward to welcoming you into the museums soon. Until then, enjoy our virtual events, which are free and open to everyone.

This photograph shows a road leading into a mountain range.

EXHIBITION

Devour the Land

Not long after the museums reopen in early September, we’ll also be opening our special exhibition Devour the Land. Mark your calendar for September 17 to visit this exhibition exploring the impacts of military activity on the American landscape—and the ways photography supports activism in response to these effects.

This side-by-side image features two prints by Pablo Picasso, with a rendering of a female face in each print.

EXHIBITION

States of Play

Last week we also announced the upcoming exhibition States of Play, which will allow you to immerse yourself in the world of printmaking. Through works by Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Lee Krasner, Jacques Philippe Le Bas, Louis Delsarte, and more, you’ll be able to trace how artists move step by step to painstakingly rework and refine their images.

A woman holding a child is seated on an easy chair in a living room with her family gathered around her.

ART TALK

Louis Delsarte

Join this free online Art Talk on Tuesday, August 10 to explore the role of music, color, and interiority in Louis Delsarte’s 1995 print Unity.

ART TALK

Summer Scene

On Tuesday, August 24, investigate the history of French painter Jean Frédéric Bazille’s Summer Scene, from its making and its initial reception to its final journey to Cambridge.

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PODCAST

It’s a Wrap

In this episode of our podcast A Closer Look, we round out Season 1 with the hosts talking about their own roles at the museums. Enjoy all 10 episodes of the first season while awaiting the debut of Season 2 in early 2022.

A woman with short dark hair sits at a work bench in a studio. Visible in the background is an array of tools hanging on the wall.

MAKING

Kirchner’s Prints

Watch conservator and printmaker Christina Taylor demonstrate the color woodcut printing technique used by artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner to create his dynamic 1909 print Bathers Tossing Reeds.

Index

Virtual Events

Images: (header) Jean Frédéric Bazille, French, Summer Scene, 1869–70. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. F. Meynier de Salinelles, 1937.78; (top left) Sim Chi Yin, Mountain range surrounding the Nevada test site, from the series Most People Were Silent, November 2017. Archival pigment print. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs, 2020.181. © Sim Chi Yin; (top right) David Lucas, British, Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, 1837. Mezzotint. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Marjorie B. and Martin Cohn in honor of Jennifer L. Roberts. 2020.37.