July

Set against the summer sky, a lighthouse and other connected, whitewashed buildings are surrounded by a green-brown meadow.

All Harvard Art Museums events are free and open to everyone. We look forward to seeing you online!

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In the latest podcast episode, meet curator Mary Schneider Enriquez, who chats with us about living in Mexico, discovering a love of teaching, and the joys and challenges of curatorial work.

Set against the summer sky, a lighthouse and other connected, whitewashed buildings are surrounded by a green-brown meadow.

ART TALK

Light Travel

On Tuesday, July 13, discover Edward Hopper’s 1930 watercolor Highland Light, the quintessential image of summer in New England.

A red chalk drawing of a woman kneeling.

ART STUDY CENTER SEMINAR

Dutch Drawings

On Friday, July 16, join curator Joachim Homann as he explores the themes, techniques, and function of Dutch drawings in a conversation with preeminent collector George Abrams (Harvard College ’54, Harvard Law ’57).  

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VIDEO

YouTube

Check out the range of videos on the Harvard Art Museums YouTube channel, which features recordings of lectures and artist talks, conservation stories, explorations into the Forbes Pigment Collection, and more. 

A man with glasses stands between two partially obscured paintings with his arms folded.

PEOPLE

New on Staff

Please join us in welcoming Horace D. Ballard as the new Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. Associate Curator of American Art. Ballard comes to us from Williams College Museum of Art, in Williamstown, Massachusetts—we’re eagerly awaiting his arrival in September!

In the photomontage, a smiling young woman is dressed in a blue dress seemingly holding a bronze rectangular Chinese ritual food vessel, consisting of four legs and two handles. It is highly decorated on the outside and has a greenish color.

Follow us on Instagram 
(@harvardartmuseums) and stay tuned over the coming weeks for a chance to win a copy of the new book Object Lessons: The Bauhaus and Harvard.



Image (header): Edward Hopper, American, Highland Light, 1930. Watercolor over graphite on rough white wove paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise E. Bettens Fund, 1930.462.







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