Inventur: An Introduction

Opening This Month: Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55

Thursday, February 8, 5–9pm

Opening This Month: JODI: OXO

Opening Wednesday, February 7
Lightbox Gallery

One of the most influential artist duos working in the age of the Internet, JODI was formed in 1994 by Joan Heemskerk and Dirk Paesmans. JODI has developed a new project, OXO, for our Lightbox Gallery, a collaborative space for digital projects on the museums’ uppermost level. More

Film Screening and Discussion: Albatross

Tuesday, February 6, 6–8:30pm
Menschel Hall, Lower Level 

Join us for a special screening of Albatross—a visual journey exploring the consequences of plastics pollution through the eyes of the albatross population on Midway Island in the North Pacific. Following the screening, filmmaker Chris Jordan will be in conversation with Harvard faculty, including Terry Tempest Williams, writer-in-residence at Harvard Divinity School. More

Materials Lab Workshop: Byzantine Tapestry Weaving

Tuesday, February 13, 10am–1pm
Materials Lab, Lower Level

Participants will study examples of early Byzantine textiles to learn about materials, weave structure, and conservation challenges before making a simple tapestry of their own on a small frame loom. More

Those Who Remained: Southern Black Art from the Barrett Collection

Wednesday, February 21, 6–7:15pm
Menschel Hall, Lower Level

In this talk, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Aleesa Alexander will explore the relationship between migration and black modern art in the American South. More

Members Tour

Wednesday, February 21, 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. More

Friday, February 23 and Saturday, February 24, 7–9pm
Calderwood Courtyard

Experience the collision of two of history’s most celebrated dramatists in a site-specific double bill of Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck and Bertolt Brecht’s Life of Galileo, presented in conjunction with our special exhibition Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55. Directed and produced by Mitchell Polonsky, Harvard ’19. More

Materials Lab Workshop: Direct Animation & Cameraless Filmmaking

Saturday, February 24, 1–4pm
Materials Lab, Lower Level

Presented in conjunction with our special exhibition Inventur—Art in Germany 1943–55, participants will view a sampling of direct animation films, then experiment with a range of cameraless animation techniques on 16mm film to create their own visual segments inspired by a musical score. More

Highlights from Index

Planning our new special exhibition Inventur required extensive institutional research and in-depth conversations with artists such as K. O. Götz, whose painting June 1954/II became a centerpiece of the exhibition. More

It’s not every day that you can witness the transformation of dead insects into an all-natural dye. But visitors to the museums’ Materials Lab recently had a chance to do just that. More