March
This abstract print depicts bright colors, such as pink, red, orange, blue, and yellow, in vertical sharp angles, divided by a diagonal line running from the lower left to the upper right.

Celebrate spring at the Harvard Art Museums by viewing our latest exhibitions. Opening March 4: Prints from the Brandywine Workshop alongside White Shadows: Anneliese Hager and the Camera-less Photograph. You can also catch two shows already on view, Social Fabrics and Krzysztof Wodiczko: Portrait. And don’t forget about our recently renovated East Asian art gallery!
 
Reserve your ticket to the museums today.
A print depicting a woman off to the side standing on a balcony. She is wearing a blue dress. Two balloons are seen floating upwards. To the left of the balcony is a long red drape.

In a virtual tour on Thursday, March 3, curators introduce our three spring exhibitions, exploring prints, photography, and textiles.
Three people standing looking at 2 paintings on a gallery wall. In the foreground is a sculpture of dancer, leaning downwards, standing on one leg.

The Harvard Art Museums can now be enjoyed by everyone on Sundays—for free! Take your family and friends and start an art adventure today. Advance tickets are required.
A dark red and blue patterned wool cushion cover with embedded inscriptions.

From swaddling newborns to enshrouding the deceased, woven fabrics touch nearly every aspect of human existence. In this recorded talk, find out more about key themes and highlights of the Social Fabricsexhibition, now open through May 8.
This black and white photogram shows the side profile of a woman’s head, obscured by movements of light.

Explore the innovative works of one of the most fervent and accomplished 20th-century makers of photograms, in the new special exhibition White Shadows: Anneliese Hager and the Camera-less Photograph.
This print depicts a colorful overprinting of imagery featuring Barack Obama and Dr. Martin Luther King.

EXHIBITION

Brandywine Prints

We’re excited to bring you cutting-edge prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives, where master printers continuously experiment in the creation of compelling and provocative works.
Two images side by side show, on the left, a group of lilies, leaves, and insects painted blue on a white surface, and on the right, irises and butterflies in varying shades of blue embroidered onto a blue-black piece of fabric

SEMINAR

The Blues

Register for this upcoming virtual Art Study Center Seminar on Friday, March 4. Conservation specialists and a curator will look at the diverse uses of cobalt and indigo in Asian ceramics, textiles, and paintings on view.
This abstract print depicts bright colors, such as pink, red, orange, blue, and yellow, in vertical sharp angles, divided by a diagonal line running from the lower left to the upper right.

ART TALK

Talking Prints

On Tuesday, March 8, join us online as Brandywine exhibition curators Elizabeth Rudy and Sarah Kianovsky talk with Allan Edmunds, founder of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives.
A number of photographs are layered over each other on a black background, from an upright perspective.

This spring, metaLAB (at) Harvard takes up residency in the Lightbox Gallery to trace contact zones across computers, collections, and culture. In Curatorial A(i)gents, metaLAB’s international consortium of artists, data scientists, and scholars will delve into the museums’ holdings.
In this photomontage, a young woman gestures toward a painting of a friar with a cleaver in his head and a dagger near his heart. He cradles a book in his left hand and points with his right. Standing on a snowy college campus, the woman wears a beanie, glasses, a plaid shirt, and jeans.

On Thursday, March 10, tune in for this online tour, which will highlight a few of the not-so-pretty subjects that have fascinated painters over the centuries.
On a rustic wooden chair sits a young girl in simple dress and lace-less shoes.

On Tuesday, March 22, join this online event and discover how Jozef Israëls’s affecting figure study helps raise social awareness.
Coming Soon: Keep an eye on our calendar for the return of in-person Student Guide Tours! The students are thrilled to be able to greet you in the galleries once again.

Index 

Virtual Events

 

Images: (header) Cushion cover with tiraz inscription (detail), Egypt, early 9th century. Wool and linen: tapestry weave. Cleveland Museum of Art, J.H. Wade Fund, 1959.48, TL42343.6. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art; Odili Donald Odita, American, Cut (detail), 2016. Offset lithograph on white wove paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund, 2018.33.44. © Odili Donald Odita. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York; Anneliese Hager, German, Untitled (Portrait A. H.) (detail), 1947. Gelatin silver print (photogram). Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of the German Friends of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2018.313. © Estate of Anneliese Hager. Introducing Spring Shows: Hughie Lee-Smith, American, Actress, 1993. Offset lithograph on off-white wove paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund, 2018.33.39. © Galerie Hughie Lee-Smith/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Free Sundays: © Caitlin Cunningham Photography. Brandywine Prints: Allan Edmunds, American, 200 Yrs (detail), 2008. Offset lithograph on white wove paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund, 2018.33.7. © Allan Edmunds. Curatorial A(i)gents: Kim Albrecht, Watching Machines Loving Grace, 2021. Machine learning data, custom software, and digital images from the Harvard Art Museums American Professional Photographers Collection.






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