February
This abstract print depicts bright colors, such as pink, red, orange, blue, and yellow, in vertical sharp angles, divided by a diagonal line running from the lower left to the upper right.

Mark your calendar! The Harvard Art Museums are excited to announce that the special exhibitions Prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives: Creative Communities and White Shadows: Anneliese Hager and the Camera-less Photograph will open Friday, March 4. Both will be on view through July 31, 2022.

Remember, reservations are required for your museum visit, and admission is free on Sundays.
This print depicts a man with black hair and a white shirt, from the side.

Beginning March 4, you can experience the brilliant cutting-edge prints on display from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives, a nonprofit cultural institution celebrated for its collaborative approach and its opportunities for underrepresented artists.
This black and white photogram shows the side profile of a woman’s head, obscured by movements of light.

Discover Anneliese Hager’s stunning contributions to camera-less photography (otherwise known as the photogram) and her struggles for recognition in war-torn Germany. White Shadows: Anneliese Hager and the Camera-less Photograph opens March 4. 
This black and white photograph shows a door that opens into a brightly lit room where a Black man in a white t-shirt sits at a table. His shackled hands rest against his temple. He peers out past the camera.

Driven by a deep-seated belief that capital punishment is morally wrong, Boston-based artist Lou Jones captured the humanity of death row inmates across the United States in his photographic portrait project. Read about what inspired him and view some of his photographs in this Index article. 
This image shows two side-by-side photographs of a public monument at night with images of people’s faces projected on its surface. Crowds and a statue can be seen in front of the monument.

Krzysztof Wodiczko, whose installation Portrait is currently on view at the Harvard Art Museums, will be part of an online conversation on Wednesday, February 9. Following presentations by artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art director Jill Medvedow, Wodiczko will discuss his work with each speaker in this joint panel. The online event is free and open to everyone.
In a gallery, a young man wearing a pink button-down shirt talks to a group of people, whose backs are to the viewer. He stands near a stone sculpture.

This month, we welcome back the popular online Student Guide Tours, which will run on Thursdays at 8pm. Works covered will include newly installed works by Kehinde Wiley and Rashid Johnson. Keep an eye on the calendar for more details.
In an art gallery, the left and right walls have built-in glass cases featuring various objects, such as decorative pieces and weapons. There is a pedestal in the middle of the room that has a large bronze vase in a glass case. Two words describing the materials represented in the gallery— “ceramic” and “jade”—are superimposed over the photograph in yellow text in both English and Chinese.

Three museum staff members who specialize in ancient art describe the lessons they learned over the course of the pandemic while teaching remotely with K–12 students.
The Harvard Art Museums were honored to receive the 2021 Harleston Parker Medal at the Boston Society for Architecture (BSA) Design Awards this week for our renovation and expansion project (completed in 2014). The jury commented: “The jury wants this building to encourage—and celebrate that its beauty is accessible to people of all backgrounds.”
 

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Images: Images: (header) Odili Donald Odita, American, Cut, 2016. Offset lithograph on white wove paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund, 2018.33.44. © Odili Donald Odita. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Creative Communities: Sedrick Huckaby, American, (b. Fort Worth 1975), 99% NO.30 Roy L, from the series The 99%–Highland Hills, 2013. Offset lithograph. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2018.33.17. © Sedrick Huckaby. In from the Shadows: Anneliese Hager, German, Untitled (Portrait A. H.), 1947. Gelatin silver print (photogram). Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of the German Friends of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2018.313. © Estate of Anneliese Hager. Krzysztof Wodiczko in Dialogue: Krzysztof Wodiczko, “Bunker Hill” (detail), Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, 1998. Image courtesy of the artist.






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