Analog Culture: Printer’s Proofs from the Schneider/Erdman Photography Lab, 1981–2001
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Free Admission Days & Discounts
We’re offering free admission to all visitors on Friday, May 18 in celebration of Art Museum Day and International Museum Day, and on Wednesday, May 23 and Thursday, May 24 for Harvard Class Day and Commencement, respectively.
To celebrate Commencement, our shop will offer 20% off any book published by the Harvard Art Museums; discount applies May 20 through 26.
The Best New Work
Artist David Levine brings his performance piece The Best New Work to the Harvard Art Museums. For three days, student actors will wander the museums performing classic works of criticism by writers such as Karl Marx, Linda Nochlin, and James Baldwin.
Photography as Performance: A Conversation with John Schabel and Gary Schneider
Monday, May 21, 6–7pm
Menschel Hall, Lower Level
To mark the opening of the Analog Culture exhibition, curator of the exhibition Jennifer Quick will moderate a conversation between artist John Schabel and printer and artist Gary Schneider. More
50 Years a Curator: Whatever Happened to the Art World We Knew?
Tuesday, May 22, 3–4:15pm
Menschel Hall, Lower Level
Theodore E. Stebbins Jr., curator of American art, emeritus, at the Harvard Art Museums, and former curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Yale University Art Gallery, will offer his views on some of the seismic changes he has observed in the art world since 1961. More
Direct Animation on Film
Thursday, May 3, 6–7pm
Menschel Hall, Lower Level
Join us to watch a series of animated films produced by participants in the Direct Animation & Cameraless Filmmaking Materials Lab Workshops this spring. The workshops were offered in conjunction with our current special exhibition, Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55. More
Numismatic Archaeology: Interpreting Coin Finds from Excavation Contexts
Tuesday, May 8, 6–7pm
Menschel Hall, Lower Level
Princeton curator Alan Stahl will explore how ancient, Islamic, Byzantine, and medieval contexts have affected the interpretation of coin finds. More
Members Tour
Wednesday, May 16, 5:30–6:30pm
Members are invited to discover our collections during a special curator-led tour through select galleries, held outside the museums’ public hours. More
Highlights from Index
Works by Nam June Paik were recently on display at an Art Study Seminar, giving participants the chance to learn about some of his early work, in advance of the upcoming exhibition Nam June Paik: Screen Play. More
Exceptional examples of 17th-century Dutch Golden Age paintings—part of a major recent gift from collectors Peter and Anne Brooke—are currently on view. More
Visitor Information
Open daily, 10am–5pm
We will be closed Monday, May 28, in observance of Memorial Day.
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Also This Month
Gallery Talks
Join our experts for regular gallery talks. Upcoming topics include American Art 101, contemporary ink artist Liu Dan’s rock paintings, and the role of color in 18th-century French art. Check the calendar for the full lineup.
In the Press
A stunning new book by Atelier Editions, An Atlas of Rare & Familiar Colour, chronicles the stories of more than 200 pigments from our Forbes Pigment Collection. Read more in Fast Company Design and Smithsonian Magazine.
“Those who venture to the second-floor gallery, filled with works by masters such as Degas, Monet, and Sargent, will find a different gem . . . on loan from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.” Read more about a painting by Vincent van Gogh on loan to the Harvard Art Museums in The Harvard Gazette.
The exhibition Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55 takes its name from a poem by the German poet Günter Eich. Watch to learn more about Eich and his famous sonnet, written while he was held as a prisoner of war.
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