Now on View—Nam June Paik: Screen Play

Special Exhibitions Gallery, Level 3

Featuring works by groundbreaking global artist Nam June Paik, this exhibition reveals the striking breadth of the artist’s oeuvre from the 1960s through the early 2000s. More

Soyoung Lee Appointed Chief Curator

We are delighted to welcome Soyoung Lee as our new chief curator. Lee, who has spent 15 years as a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will take up her post in September. Read more about Lee in The Harvard Gazette and Harvard Magazine.

Getty Foundation Grant to Fund Prints and Drawings Workshop

In 2019, the Harvard Art Museums will host curators from around the world for a workshop designed to strengthen international curatorial practice in drawings and prints. More

Film: Tacita Dean’s Kodak

Wednesday, July 11, 6–7:30pm
Menschel Hall, Lower Level

As part of our special programming related to the Analog Culture exhibition, the museums will present Kodak (2006), which uses the medium of film to explore its own manufacture and contemplate its precarious status in the 21st century, given the rise of digital production. More

Perspectives on New Media in Museums

Wednesday, July 25, 6–7:30pm
Menschel Hall, Lower Level

Kate Lewis, chief conservator at MoMA, will discuss the challenges of caring for time-based media art. She will focus on works by Nam June Paik, Nalini Malani, Tania Bruguera, and others. More

Highlights from Index

The special exhibition Nam June Paik: Screen Play features videos produced by the artist in conjunction with the Boston public television station WGBH. More

New research into a palette used by John Singer Sargent sheds light on works of art in the museums’ collections. More

Visitor Information

Open daily, 10am–5pm

We will be closed Wednesday, July 4, for Independence Day.

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Also This Month

Gallery Talks

Join our experts for regular gallery talks. Upcoming topics include A.K. Burns’s installation Survivor’s Remorse, Chinese and Korean “ink flower” paintings, and John Singer Sargent’s ancient models. Check the calendar for the full lineup.

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. More

Featured Video

See the Harvard Art Museums through outgoing Harvard president Drew Faust’s eyes in this 360° video.

Image: (header) Nam June Paik, Untitled, 1993–95. Laser print on canvas with Sony Watchman TV, tin robot, acrylic paint, and oil pastel. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Hakuta Family, 2017.154.