Harvard Art Museums
Edna Andrade: Imagination Is Never Static
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MACelebrate a 20th-century artist whose innovative abstract drawings and paintings continue to inspire. Edna Andrade: Imagination Is Never Static offers a new look at the practice of acclaimed artist and educator Edna Andrade (1917–2008). Presenting a selection of drawings recently gifted to the Harvard Art Museums by the artist’s estate, this exhibition emphasizes the central role […]
Gallery Talk: Activation of Moholy-Nagy’s Light Prop for an Electric Stage
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAJoin staff as they discuss and activate this experimental device from 1930 by László Moholy-Nagy, a Bauhaus pioneer. Our galleries are full of stories—this series of talks gives visitors a chance to hear the best ones! The talks highlight new works on view, take a fresh look at old favorites, investigate artists’ materials and techniques, […]
Opening Lecture for Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black: Sticks, Stumps, and Fingers—Drawings Revealed
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAWe invite you to the opening lecture for the special exhibition Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black, on view from September 12, 2025 through January 18, 2026. In her lecture, Kimberly Schenck, former head of paper conservation at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., will discuss the diversity of black drawing media […]
Art Study Center Seminar: Conversations on Conservation
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAIn this seminar, you will get a behind-the-scenes view of recent and ongoing projects undertaken in the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Staff members from the Straus Center will share some works in progress and details about the numerous techniques and materials available to them in the care of objects and advancement of […]