Opening Soon: Technologies of the Image: Art in 19th-Century Iran

Saturday, August 26
University Research Gallery

This exhibition brings together four principal art forms—lacquer, lithography, photography, and painting—to explore their histories, contexts of production, and means of dissemination across sectors of 19th-century Iranian society. More

On View: Carl Grossberg

Friday, August 4
Gallery 1520

A selection of works on loan from the Merrill C. Berman Collection is the first monographic presentation of art by the German artist Carl Grossberg in the United States.

On View: The Built Environment

Thursday, August 10
Gallery 1120

Through a range of formats, the artists in this new installation investigate the built environment as a physical, spiritual, and phenomenological experience.

Closing This Month

Last day Sunday, August 13

In our University Galleries: A New Light on Bernard Berenson: Persian Paintings from Villa I Tatti, Adorning the Inner Court: Jun Ware for the Chinese Palace, and Reverie: Christopher Wilmarth, Before and After Mallarmé. More

Lightbox Gallery Talks: Artificial Intelligence in Art and Design

Tuesday, August 8, 3–3:30pm
Wednesday, August 9, 3–3:30pm
Friday, August 11, 3–3:30pm
Saturday, August 12, 3–3:30pm

In a series of talks, members of metaLab (at) Harvard and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society explore the cultural dimensions of AI. More

Online Resources for The Philosophy Chamber

Can’t make it to our series of Philosophy Chamber gallery talks by curators and conservators? Listen to the programs o nline, just one feature in our d igital tool created for the exhibition.

Learn more about the Philosophy Chamber in our series of short videos, available on YouTube.

Members Tour

Wednesday, August 30, 5:30–6:30pm

Members are invited to discover our collections during a special curator-led tour through select galleries, held outside the museums’ public hours. If you’re not yet a member, you can join here. More

Highlights from Index

Elizabeth Sirrine gives readers a peek into a day in the life of an art handler in our Art Study Center, where she works with a wide variety of objects and visitors. More

As part of a Graduate Student Teacher internship, seven master’s students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education gained hands-on experience by designing lesson plans for a series of class visits to the Harvard Art Museums. More

Visitor Information

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Also This Month

Gallery Talks

Join our experts for regular gallery talks. Upcoming topics include 18th-century European ceramics, the revival of antiquity in Renaissance art, and depictions of nature in art of the Dutch Golden Age. Check the calendar for the full lineup.

Art Study Center

Art Study Center Open Hours will be held on Mondays, on August 7, 14, and 21, from 1–4pm. See works of art related to exhibitions, programs, or current staff research; or request a favorite that is not currently on view. Check the calendar for details.

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, through Friday, August 11. More

Image credits: Carl Grossberg, Berlin, AVUS, 1928. Oil on panel. Collection Merrill C. Berman, TL41741.1.

Todd Hido, #2810, 2001. Chromogenic print. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jamie Lunder, 2016.132.

Christopher Wilmarth, When Winter on Forgotten Woods Moves Somber..., 1981. Oil on wood panel. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Estate of Susan Wilmarth. © Estate of Christopher Wilmarth/Susan Wilmarth-Rabineau, 2014.32.

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