This Week

A woman, seen from the shoulders up, is making eye contact with the viewer. She is smiling and looking over her right shoulder.

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This week on Harvard Art Museums from Home:

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Conservator Leonie Müller guides readers in an examination of paper’s material qualities and explains how its structures reflect the process of paper making.

A woman gestures toward photographs displayed on a long table, with four people listening in the foreground.

On Friday, May 14, don’t miss the latest Art Study Center Seminar with curator Makeda Best, who will explore how photographers from the Civil War era constructed landscapes of slavery.

This photograph of the interior of the Harvard Art Museums is tinted in a bluish-green hue. It shows two levels of arcades with several arches. Various works of art are visible on the wall on the second level. At bottom are the words “A Closer Look.”

Through a series of conversations, check out the various jobs people hold in the Harvard Art Museums as we seek to demystify the museum world and share some surprising career paths.

A rectangle textile fragment that features four roundels with animals.

ART TALK/REFRAME

New Date for Art Talk

The recently postponed Art Talk on ancient Egyptian textiles has been rescheduled for Tuesday, June 15. Register today to learn more about the artistic processes behind these elaborately designed objects.

Image (header): Paper conservation fellow Leonie Müller looks at an artwork on paper in transmitted light.
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