This Week
This black and white photograph shows a nighttime view of a desert, with two sandy hills in the foreground and a sandy road in the middle leading to a cluster of lights in the distance.

If we’re going to address environmental challenges, then we have to address this mind-set. We can’t say that we want to change our environment unless we understand the source.
—“Capturing the Military’s Footprint on American Soil,” The Boston Globe

It’s opening weekend for Devour the Land: War and American Landscape Photography since 1970. Before you visit, find out more about this groundbreaking exhibition from curator Makeda Best by tuning in to her opening virtual lecture this Friday, September 17.

Don’t forget that the Harvard Art Museums are free to everyone on Sundays; reservations are required for all visits.

We look forward to seeing you!
A blue-saturated photograph of a desert landscape at night with a winding road in the foreground and mountains in the background.

There’s still time to register for the online opening lecture on Friday, September 17. As Devour the Land opens for in-person viewing this weekend, curator Makeda Best will set the scene by introducing the major themes of the new exhibition.
A painting on yellow floral-patterned wallpaper, set in a large wooden oval frame, depicts three Black girls partially obscured by the wallpaper pattern.

Now that we’ve reopened, you’ll notice some exciting changes in the galleries. Check out this Bay State Banner article on the museums’ ReFrame initiative—our latest effort to reimagine the function, role, and future of the university art museum.
A head and shoulders portrait of George Washington.

On view soon: Renowned artist Krzysztof Wodiczko will activate this iconic portrait of George Washington, using projection of pre-recorded videos with faces and voices commenting on the state of U.S. democracy today. Krzysztof Wodiczko: Portraitopens on October 14,in partnership with the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Mark your calendar!
In this photomontage, Harvard student Maeve Miller is smiling and appearing to hold a colorful abstract painting that depicts a formal party scene, with men and women seated around tables. In the middle sits a boy holding a dummy in a patterned coat and top hat.

The popular Student Guide Tours are back and will be running on Thursdays at 8pm. On Thursday, September 23, explore how performance and entertainment figure into three works of art. The following week, on Thursday, September 30, consider the representation of motherhood in three works of art.
Fragment of a stone carving depicting a bearded man raising his right hand and emerging from a winged disk.

Register today for an upcoming online Art Talk, on Tuesday, September 21, that shows how scientific analysis helped reconstruct the original colors on a relief fragment from Persepolis, in Iran. This online talk is part of the museums’ ReFrame initiative.
A man stands gesturing in front of a gallery wall with framed images and texts.

Visit our YouTube channel and celebrate the history, culture, and achievements of Hispanic, Latinx, and Latin American contributions to the arts.

Register for this upcoming virtual artist talk with multimedia artist Tomashi Jackson, offered by our friends at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute on Monday, September 20. The artist will talk about her newest exhibition, Brown II, which explores the challenges of implementing the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

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Images: (header) Stephen Tourlentes, American, Nevada Death House Prison, Carson City, NV, from the series Of Length and Measures, 2005. Digital ink jet print. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs, 2021.30. © Stephen Tourlentes; image courtesy of the artist. Devour the Land lecture: Sim Chi Yin, Singaporean, 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; image courtesy of the artist. Untold Stories: Kehinde Wiley, American, Portrait of Asia-Imani, Gabriella-Esnae, and Kaya Palmer, 2020. Oil on linen. Currently on loan to the Harvard Art Museums from the Tim and Danny Art Foundation. Photo: Todd-White Art Photography.

Devour the Land is made possible in part by the generosity of the Terra Foundation for American Art and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. 






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