There are two images side by side. The left image is a detail of an ink painting. It shows a close-up detail pine tree branch with sharp, twisted branches and long delicate needles against a gray background with accents of white. The right image is the full image of the ink painting of the pine on silk. A thin yellow square border surrounds the image detailed at left.

What happens when you get a botanist and an art historian together to talk about Japanese black pines? You get a rich and enlightening conversation. If you didn’t catch the latest collaboration between the Harvard Art Museums and the Arnold Arboretum in our live program, the recording is now available on our website.

This week on Harvard Art Museums from Home:

  • Listen to this Art Talk with curatorial assistant Bridget Hinz, as she discusses Ruth Asawa’s exercises from her years as a student at Black Mountain College, where the artist studied with former Bauhaus master Josef Albers.
  • Examine Japanese black pines in Harvard collections—both alive and painted—through the eyes of a botanist and an art historian. This is a recently recorded live event.
  • If you missed the recent offerings in our popular Creature Feature series, we have posted recordings of one on Merpeople and one on Michelangelo’s fantastic beings.
  • On Thursday, January 21, take a peek behind the curtain to learn about the creative process involved in designing the unique display of fans for the special exhibition Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection.
  • The live Art Talk on Ben Shahn and Folk Music has been canceled. This event had been scheduled for Thursday, January 14. We apologize for any inconvenience. 
 
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Image: Itō Jakuchū, Old Pine (detail), Japanese, Edo period, c. 1796. Hanging scroll; ink on silk. Promised gift of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg, TL42147.7.