As the New England evenings grow cooler, our online programs are warming up and are available to you from the comfort of your home. Check out our new online series that investigates power dynamics in artworks across the collections. In these programs, you can look at how art can be used to upset systems of power and imagine more equitable futures. On Thursday, November 5, learn how to make a political statement using found materials. It’s free and open to everyone.
In the meantime—Stay Strong. Stay Well. Stay Tuned.
This week on Harvard Art Museums from Home: - Looking at Harvard’s iconic President’s Chair, curatorial assistant Heather Linton asks us to think differently about cherished objects that perpetuate patriarchy.
- Need an escape? Check out our events calendar and let’s talk about art.
- New! Join us on October 22 for the kickoff of a new online series of Art Talks on power dynamics.
- Watch as conservator Kate Smith takes you behind the scenes of conservation work she carried out on Herbert Bayer’s monumental work Verdure before it was installed in the 2019 Bauhaus and Harvard exhibition.
Our new Forbes Pigment Audio Guide is a hit! According to The Boston Globe, “The backstories are as colorful, so to speak, as the colors themselves.” Listen to the stories on some of history’s most fascinating colors. |