October
A color print portrays the muscular system of a woman’s back.
With so many events on our calendar this fall, you’ll need to visit often to get the full experience of everything the Harvard Art Museums have to offer. There are tours, artist talks, evening celebrations, a film series, and much more! Remember that the museums are always free to everyone on Sundays. 
A photograph of two porcelain sculptures; one is a figural sculpture and the other is abstract.

On Friday, October 7, join us for a discussion with contemporary sculptor Arlene Shechet about her one-of-a-kind installation Disrupt the View at the Harvard Art Museums. Admission to the lecture is free, but space is limited, so reserve your spot today!
A group of people chat, holding drinks, at a gathering in a courtyard.

AT NIGHT

A Chill Night

Escape the cool autumn air and bring a friend to the next Harvard Art Museums at Night on Thursday, October 27. We’ll be serving up haunting tunes and spooky treats, and will be welcoming back Castle Island Brewing Company as a featured local vendor. Advance reservations are encouraged, but walk-in visitors are always welcome.
 
A book cover depicts an illustration of a spine, showing bones and muscles. The words “Dare to Know” in white text is overlaid on the image.

We’ve just published the Dare to Know catalogue—an A to Z exploration of the Enlightenment quest for understanding and change, as revealed in the era’s prints and drawings. Watch this trailer to get a glimpse of this stunning book before its official release later this month.
Portrait of a woman with brown eyes, black hair, and a white garment on a rectangular wooden panel.

We invite you to attend a free lecture online or in person at Harvard’s Geological Lecture Hall to discuss the context and function of funerary portraits, on Thursday, October 6. Art professor Lorelei Corcoran will also explore what these images reveal about the religious beliefs and multilayered ethnicities of their subjects. Advance registration is required for either virtual or in-person attendance.
A young man sits in a forest playing a guitar.

On October 9, spend your Sunday afternoon watching two films about the pain, joy, and other emotions of being queer in adolescence. The screening is part of our free Screens for Teens series, featuring contemporary and classic films specially curated for teenagers in and around Cambridge. Reservations can be made in advance.
A sphere made of folded, loosely assembled discs of different kinds of papers lies on a black surface, along with additional folded paper discs nearby.

Curious about the graphic arts and how we make sense of the world around us? Take a workshop inspired by the exhibition Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment, with artist Angela Lorenz. She will guide you in experimenting with a new visual model for representing artworks. The workshop is offered on October 9 and 11. Register today!
A corner of a wooden panel shows a painting of an angel holding an unfurled scroll in one hand and a bloody tunic in the other.

On Sunday, October 16, learn what a recent investigation revealed about an early Italian painting panel by Pietro Lorenzetti, and how it stands out for its previously overlooked imagery.
A woman with dark hair looks straight ahead, making eye contact with the viewer. She is smiling and wearing a black top.

On Thursday, October 20, Patricia Marroquin Norby (Purépecha), the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s inaugural associate curator of Native American art, will deliver her lecture “Foregrounding Indigenous Voices and Perspectives at the Met.”

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Images: (Header) and A Chill Night:© Caitlin Cunningham Photography. Talking with Arlene Shechet: Polymnia, c. 1744–45, a porcelain figurine from the collection of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, beside Arlene Shechet’s Sexy Baby Eyes, 2012. © Arlene Shechet. Image courtesy of the artist. Focus on Queer Youth: © Meikincine Entertainment. Indigenous Voices: © Scott Rosenthal.






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