This Week
This watercolor drawing of a seascape features abstracted strokes of color in shades of blue, green, yellow, red, pink, and gray, layered over a white background.
This Saturday, experience watercolor as a medium of innovation and experimentation in our newest exhibition, American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light. Enjoy this aesthetically and conceptually diverse exhibition through a gallery talk during the day or at our always festive Harvard Art Museums at Night!

Don’t miss the chance to visit the museums for free this month! Today, admission is free for International Museum Day, and next week, it’s free in honor of Harvard graduates, on Wednesday and Thursday. Remember, too, that Sundays are always free at the Harvard Art Museums.
A watercolor drawing of a seascape features abstracted strokes of color in shades of blue, green, yellow, red, pink, and gray, layered over a white background.

EXHIBITION

Into the Light

Opening this Saturday, American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light reveals how American watercolorists—from Winslow Homer to Hannah Wilke—leveraged the imaginative and experimental capacity of the medium to create marvelously diverse works over more than a century. Make sure to bring the exhibition home with you with this lush catalogue.
In the corner of a gallery, two people stand near a painting; one of them points toward it.

AT NIGHT

May At Night

On Thursday, May 25, come out for a free evening of art, fun, food, and more during Commencement week at Harvard! Explore the exhibitions From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire and American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light on Level 3. Take in a tour of the galleries and then grab a craft beer from Lamplighter Brewing Co. with friends in the courtyard. A night of fun awaits!

 

 
Two people talk in a gallery.

FREE ADMISSION

Museums for All

Explore the Harvard Art Museums for free today, May 18, in recognition of International Museum Day. While you’re here, check out this gallery talk focusing on a recent installation of Dutch drawings.
Drawing of a seated female nude leaning to the right with her head turned upward.

SEMINAR

Why So Blue?

This Friday, join curatorial fellow Talitha Maria G. Schepers for a seminar in the Art Study Center to find out what challenges 17th-century Dutch artists faced in drawing female nudes from life, and why they used blue paper.
A large crowd of college graduates in black caps and gowns with red sashes gather outside near a large brick building.

FREE ADMISSION

Con-Grads!

What better way to say congratulations to the class of 2023 than back-to-back free admission days? Come out Wednesday, May 24 or Thursday, May 25 to spend a day at the museums with family and friends.
A woodblock print shows a sparrow perched on a branch. The painting is executed in black ink and delicate gradations of color.

In our latest Index article, hear from the curator of the installation Art by the Book to learn the many functions of Chinese painting manuals. The installation is on view through June 4 in Gallery 2600. Plan your next visit to see these incredible manuals!

Index 

Events

 

Images: Header and Into the Light: John Marin, American, Seascape, 1914. Watercolor over graphite on heavy white wove paper; some color applied and worked with a tool and fingers. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of James N. Rosenberg, 1950.48. © Estate of John Marin/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. May At Night and Museums for All: Photos: Caitlin Cunningham Photography.
 
Loans and exhibition coordination for From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire courtesy of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation Fund for the American Art Department; the Bolton Fund for American Art, Gift of the Payne Fund; the Alexander S., Robert L., and Bruce A. Beal Exhibition Fund; and the Gurel Student Exhibition Fund. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund.

Support for American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light is provided by the Alexander S., Robert L., and Bruce A. Beal Exhibition Fund, the William Amory Fund, the Rabb Family Exhibitions Fund, and an anonymous donor. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. The accompanying catalogue was made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Publication Funds and the Wyeth Foundation for American Art.

 






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