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Autumn is upon us, but you can’t spend the whole season leaf peeping. Why not take an art break? October highlights are below; check the calendar for the complete lineup of events. 

Lecture

Snowflakes: Wilson Bentley’s Civil War

Wed., Oct. 16, 6pm

Alex Nemerov draws new connections between storied New England artist “Snowflake” Bentley’s work and the Reconstruction era he was born into. 

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Archives Open Hours

Wed., Oct. 9, 12–2pm
Wed., Oct. 23, 12–2pm

To celebrate American Archives Month, we’re putting our history on view. Staff will be on hand to chat about the historical materials in the Art Study Center.

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Painting Edo

Opens Feb. 14, 2020

Painting Edo features hanging scrolls, folding screens, sliding doors, fan paintings, and woodblock-printed books from Japan’s early modern era. 

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From Instagram: An Artful Autumn

We're not ready to say goodbye to summer, either—but isn’t this lovely fall scene helping you get in the crisp-air, crackling-fireplace, apple-picking mood? See it now in Gallery 2100.

In the Press

“The show steers us deftly from the rough decoupling that provokes migration through the journey and, critically, the reconstruction of identity where all is foreign.”—Murray Whyte reviews Crossing Lines, Constructing Home for The Boston Globe

“Two Homer exhibitions in Massachusetts—worth traveling to see—present an opportunity to think not only about why we like Homer so much but about what we want, fundamentally, from art.”—Sebastian Smee on Winslow Homer: Eyewitness for The Washington Post

Architectural Digest nominated the Harvard Art Museums as one of the “14 Best Starchitect-Designed University Buildings in the U.S.”

Harvard undergrad Babi Oloko ’21 covered our Harvard Student Late Night event for The Harvard Gazette.
 

Updates

Our friends at the Cambridge Art Association invite you to visit Crossing Cultures: Family, Displacement, Memory, on view through October 31. 

Don’t miss the free launch event for Almost Lost Arts, which features an essay by Straus Center director Narayan Khandekar on the Forbes Pigment Collection.

We’re sorry to report that the artist talk with Lorna Simpson has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. 

What’s On

Image (header): Visitors wander our Crossing Lines, Constructing Home exhibition. Photo: Caitlin Cunningham.