This Week
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With the holiday season quickly approaching, give yourself the gift of a visit to the Harvard Art Museums. Explore more than 50 galleries of world-class art, including new works on view, such as a painting by Helen Frankenthaler or a selection of photographs by Diane Arbus. Take in a lecture on the complexities of collecting Chinese art or experience hands-on creative play on Family Day. You can even watch a Bauhaus experimental device in action!

Be sure to check our calendar for more exciting events coming your way. And don’t forget our upcoming Harvard Art Museums at Night in early December.
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This Saturday, November 18, join us for a discussion about early collecting of Chinese art in Massachusetts, historical interpretations of cultural heritage, and museum collecting practices today and how they might change. Free admission, but seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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SPECIAL EVENT

Family Fun

Bring your family to the Harvard Art Museums on Sunday, November 19 for an afternoon of artful experiences, gallery explorations, and hands-on creative play. Advance registration for this event is encouraged, but walk-in visitors are always welcome.
 
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Mark your calendar for our next Harvard Art Museums at Night, on Thursday, December 7! During this festive evening, you can make your own holiday cards in the Materials Lab, explore our galleries through engaging staff-led tours, and enjoy the smooth sounds of DJ C-Zone in the Calderwood Courtyard. We can’t wait to celebrate the season with you!


 
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In conjunction with our special exhibition Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire, and the Chinese Art Trade, we’re offering free Narcan training. The next workshop will be held on Sunday, November 19 and will be facilitated by the Cambridge Public Health Department and Somerville Health and Human Services. Free admission, but space is limited and registration is required.
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On Thursday, November 30, the museums will present a screening of artist Dario Robleto’s film The Aorta of an Archivist, which connects the artist’s deep research on the cosmos, the human heart, and the history and philosophical implications of sound recording. A conversation between Robleto and art historian Jennifer Roberts will follow. The event is held in conjunction with the exhibition Seeing in Art and Medicine. Free admission, but seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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GALLERY TALK

Double Vision

Artists “double” their visual worlds by creating artworks within artworks. On Wednesday, November 29, join curator Miriam Stewart for a gallery talk to explore how these artists create intriguing interactions between painter, subject, and viewer.

Index 

Events
From Our Friends
Come out on Saturday, November 18 to the Community Art Center in Cambridge for a free event with author, activist, and mother Jodie Patterson. Patterson will speak about community building, the gender-less act of mothering, and navigating transformation.
 


WBUR is a media partner for our Harvard Art Museums at Night events.

Images: Family Fun: Photo courtesy of Sarah Lieberman. December At Night: Photo: Caitlin Cunningham Photography. The Aorta of an Archivist: © Dario Robleto.

Support for Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire, and the Chinese Art Trade is provided by the Alexander S., Robert L., and Bruce A. Beal Exhibition Fund; the Robert H. Ellsworth Bequest to the Harvard Art Museums; the Harvard Art Museums’ Leopold (Harvard M.B.A. ’64) and Jane Swergold Asian Art Exhibitions and Publications Fund and an additional gift from Leopold and Jane Swergold; the José Soriano Fund; the Anthony and Celeste Meier Exhibitions Fund; the Gurel Student Exhibition Fund; the Asian Art Discretionary Fund; the Chinese Art Discretionary Fund; and the Rabb Family Exhibitions Fund. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. Additional support for this project is provided by the Dunhuang Foundation.

Support for Seeing in Art and Medicine is provided by the José Soriano Fund, the Gurel Student Exhibition Fund, and the Annemarie Henle Pope Special Exhibitions Fund. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund and the Richard L. Menschel Endowment Fund.
 






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