March

Painting Edo is now open. Come for the lush landscapes, elegant fashions, and brilliant blooms; but stay to unravel the story of early modern Japan.

Keep an eye on the calendar—organ recitals pick back up just as Painting Edo gallery talks begin. Scroll down to find out which Black Mountain College alum is coming to visit, and how you could win a Painting Edo catalogue.

IN CONVERSATION

Dorothea Rockburne

March 11, 6–7:30pm

Rockburne discusses her numbers-based artistic practice with our drawings curator, Joachim Homann, and Jennifer Taback, math professor at Bowdoin.

SYMPOSIUM

The Feinberg Collection: Six Works

March 19, 1–5pm

Twelve curators and art historians go head to head on major works from Edo period Japan.

#PAINTINGEDOGIVEAWAY

Photo Contest

Wish you could take Painting Edo home with you, in book form? Instagram a photo of yourself in the exhibition with #PaintingEdoGiveaway, and you’ll be entered to win a copy of the catalogue (and more).

You can also email us your photo. Check Instagram for more details.

@HARVARDARTMUSEUMS

Join the Fan Club

Exhibition production specialist Steve Deane places a fan painted by Suzuki Kiitsu—with Mount Fuji on one side and Mount Tsukuba on the other!—atop its pedestal.

Follow us on Instagram for more peeks behind the scenes.

In the Press

“Go feast your eyes.” —Critic Franklin Einspruch on Painting Edo in The Arts Fuse

“A sumptuous and diverse assemblage.” —Harvard Magazine’s Lydialyle Gibson reviews Painting Edo

Paintings conservator Cristina Morilla spoke with The Harvard Gazette about breakthrough research on a portrait of Philip III of Spain.