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June

A cyanotype shows two ferns floating on a solid blue background.

Whether you have plans for a beach getaway or you are staying local this summer, why not let art transport you to new destinations? Discover Dutch vistas in exhibitions Crossroads: Drawing the Dutch Landscape or travel through time in Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics. You can always learn a new skill, like how to make a cyanotype. While you’re here, make sure to check out our special exhibitions, Prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives: Creative Communities and White Shadows: Anneliese Hager and the Camera-less Photograph.

A courtyard filled with visitors chatting over drinks at high-top tables.

AT NIGHT

Save the Date!

On Thursday, June 30, join us for another Harvard Art Museums at Night, our popular free art party on the last Thursday evening of every month. Meet up with friends in the Calderwood Courtyard, chat over refreshments at Jenny’s Cafe, and enjoy the chill sounds of local DJ C-Zone. Afterward, wander through the galleries to take in our world-class collections of art and newest exhibitions.

A greyscale print depicting a family scene.

VIDEO

All of Us

A recent visitor shared his impressions of our special exhibition Prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives, which celebrates a culture of experimentation. Discover Brandywine and find your own connection to these remarkable works.

A cutout black and white photographic portrait of a woman with a short bob hairstyle gazing to her right shoulder.

VIDEO

Hager in the Light

In this video, curator Lynette Roth reveals how the innovative camera-less photography of German artist Anneliese Hager (1904–1997) relates to science and poetry. White Shadows: Anneliese Hager and the Camera-less Photograph is the first exhibition to focus on the role of women makers in the history of the photogram.

A tall ceramic stand with a thick base and a glass top.

EXHIBITIONS

New on View

Check out our recently opened exhibitions, featuring a story-filled collection of Asian ceramics and a meditation on the Dutch landscape, with drawings by Rembrandt, Van Goyen, Van Ruisdael, and more.

A graphic of a person looking through a camera on a tripod.

FILM FESTIVAL

Youth Film

Building upon a wonderful partnership with Community Art Center in Cambridge, the Harvard Art Museums are thrilled to host the 25th annual Do It Your Damn Self!! (DIYDS) National Youth Film Festival, the longest running youth-produced festival in the country, on Friday, June 3.

A drawing of a waterway flanked to the right by a row of tightly packed buildings.

GALLERY TALK

Dutch Vistas

The galleries continue to come alive with stories. Join us for this gallery talk with curatorial research associate, Susan Anderson as we take a closer look at Simon de Vlieger’s View of Weesp on Tuesday, June 21. Make sure to check out the events calendar for other exciting opportunities this summer.

Index

Events

Images: (header) Ella J.C. Hurd, American, Osmunda cinnamomea (Cinnamon fern), c. 1890–1900. Cyanotype. Courtesy of the Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University, TL42353.2. Save the Date!: © Caitlin Cunningham Photography. All of Us: John Biggers, American, Family Ark (monochrome) (detail), 1992. Offset lithograph on white wove paper, in three parts. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund, 2018.33.3. © John T. Biggers Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Hager in the Light: Marta Hoepffner, German, Portrait of Anneliese Hager, c. 1950. Gelatin silver print. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of the German Friends of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2019.113. © Estate of Marta Hoepffner. Youth Film: Courtesy of Community Art Center.