This Week
A woman with long braids and a dark red shirt looks at a framed painting depicting three nude figures at the shore.

Did you know that Massachusetts residents can get free admission to the Harvard Art Museums on Saturday mornings? Arrive before noon and just show your proof of residency to enjoy the museums for the rest of the day for free! Jenny’s Cafe is open to keep you fueled with sweet and savory treats as well as delicious drinks. If you can’t visit us in person, remember that we’re still offering some virtual events, like this Art Talk Live coming up on Tuesday.

Take a look at our calendar for other free admission days happening this month, such as International Museum Day on Wednesday.
A view of a river and riverbank, with a city and a large hill in the background.

Celebrate the opening of Crossroads: Drawing the Dutch Landscape with a free afternoon lecture by Jane Shoaf Turner, of Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, on Tuesday, May 24. Save your spot by registering today!
A courtyard filled with visitors chatting over drinks at high-top tables.

AT NIGHT

After Hours

We are excited to welcome you back for another Harvard Art Museums at Night, on Thursday, May 26 from 5 to 9pm. After you’re done enjoying refreshments and tunes with friends, go upstairs to check out our new exhibitions, Crossroads: Drawing the Dutch Landscape and Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics.  Advance reservations are encouraged, but walk-in visitors are always welcome.
A colorful geometric print.

In Odili Donald Odita’s lithograph Cut, colors come together in a dazzling visual symphony. It’s one of the many compelling works found in the exhibition Prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives: Creative Communities. Listen to The Lonely Palette’s podcast episode devoted to Odita and his masterful melding of African traditions and western notions of modernity.

 
A child sits at a table painting a small white canvas. She leans down in full concentration and is painting the right side of the canvas bright red. Near her on the paint-splattered table are two palettes, a cup of water with a brush in it, and a tray with cups filled with paint.

Francesca Bewer, from the Harvard Art Museums, and Erin Muirhead McCarty, from Community Art Center, discuss their collaboration on a youth program last summer in Cambridge. And the partnership is continuing to flourish: the museums will host the center’s youth film festival in June.

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Images: Header and After Hours: © Caitlin Cunningham Photography. Beautifully Cut: 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.

 
 
 






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