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When you next visit the Harvard Art Museums, you’ll notice some exciting new art in the galleries, such as Rashid Johnson’s Untitled Broken Crowd, which is part of the museums’ ReFrame initiative. Focused on how museums can better address complicated histories as well as contemporary concerns, ReFrame was recently lauded in a Boston Globe article: “The museum has literally changed its lines of sight, and the message is clear: This matters, and this is where we start.”

Stop by and check out how ReFrame has changed the museum experience.You can also catch these new exhibitions: Devour the Land: War and American Landscape Photography since 1970, States of Play: Prints from Rembrandt to Delsarte, and Krzysztof Wodiczko: Portrait. Remember, reserved tickets are required for your visit.

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VIRTUAL TOUR

Inside States of Play

Curator Elizabeth Rudy takes us into the galleries for a quick introductory tour of the States of Play exhibition, revealing the sense of dynamism and play in prints by artists such as Picasso, Rembrandt, and Delsarte.

Half of a painting depicting three horses grazing and a line drawing of the other half of the painting.

MAKE AND CREATE

Express It with Color

Learn about artists Paula Modersohn-Becker, Franz Marc, Gabriele Münter, and others, and express yourself by coloring examples of their landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. Download the free coloring book today!

A table draped with a white cloth is strewn with decorative dishware and various foods.

LECTURE

Food for Thought

Register today for a Friday, November 5 online lecture by Hanneke Grootenboer, the 2021 Erasmus Lecturer. She will discuss how Dutch still lifes featuring fruits, nuts, or bread suggest a deep engagement with reflection and offer—literally—food for thought. This is the first in a series of three online lectures this fall related to art and thought in the Dutch Republic.

ART TALK LIVE

Zelda Fitzgerald

On Tuesday, November 2, check out Zelda Fitzgerald’s rarely seen watercolors, which give us a glimpse into her vivid imagination. This online event is free and open to everyone.

Index

Virtual Events

Image: (header)Rashid Johnson, American, Untitled Broken Crowd, 2021. Ceramic tile, mirror tile, oyster shells, branded red oak, bronze, spray enamel, oil stick, black soap, and wax. Anonymous loan, TL42317. © Rashid Johnson; courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York.

Devour the Land is made possible in part by the generosity of the Terra Foundation for American Art and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Additional support for the project is provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Publication Fund and the Rosenblatt Fund for Postwar American Art. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. Modern and contemporary art programs at the Harvard Art Museums are made possible in part by generous support from the Emily Rauh Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art.

Krzysztof Wodiczko: Portrait is made possible by the Graham Gund Exhibition Fund, held jointly by the Harvard Art Museums and the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

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