Join curator Horace Ballard for an exploration of the observation and documentation of astronomical events in the 18th century as exemplified in a drawing by British artist Paul Sandby. The work is featured in the special exhibition Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment, on view until January 15, 2023. Featuring approximately […]

Want to know what goes on in the conservation lab? Join conservators Penley Knipe and Christina Taylor as they discuss different treatment approaches to two Dutch drawings currently on display, and what effects their treatment can have on the artwork and public reception. Led by: Penley Knipe, Philip and Lynn Straus Senior Conservator of Works […]

Led by director and exhibition curator Karen T. Albert, learn about the evolution of printmaking methods including an explanation of different techniques of relief, intaglio, and the planographic methods of lithography and screenprinting. Each printmaking method produces a work on paper that has an individual and identifiable quality.   Admission is free. RSVP to 516.463.5672

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, and reveal the latest discoveries by curators, conservators, fellows, visiting artists, technologists, and other contributors. Gallery talks are […]

Join Ben Sibson, Ph.D. candidate in Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, for an in-depth discussion about the depiction of the human body in selected works on view in the exhibition Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment. He will share insights about artists’ representations of the human form, focusing on Jacques-Fabien […]

Note that this workshop takes place at an off-site location, Active Learning Labs. Location details are below. This workshop accompanies the exhibition Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Facing Forward, which invites viewers to ask more about the complicated histories of these portraits and the people they depict. It also explores what can be learned about the […]

This workshop is inspired by the exhibition Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment, which explores how the graphic arts inspired, shaped, and gave immediacy to new ideas in the so-called age of reason. It invites visitors to embrace the Enlightenment’s same spirit of inquiry—to investigate, to persuade, and to imagine. The […]

Join art historian Paris A. Spies-Gans, of the Harvard Society of Fellows, for an in-depth discussion about works of art made by women in Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment, on view until January 15, 2023. Spies-Gans will examine objects by a range of artists, with particular attention given to Marguerite […]

This series of contemporary and classic films is specially curated for teenagers in and around Cambridge. The selection, including both short and feature-length films, is meant to provide teens with an opportunity to watch work focused explicitly on their experiences. Covering a range of topics, emotions, and nuances, these free films—depending on length and scope—will […]

Join curatorial assistant Casey Monahan for an in-depth discussion about a dynamic display of ball invitations, advertisements, trade cards, and currency notes in the special exhibition Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment, on view until January 15, 2023. Monahan will share insights about the acquisition of these small prints and the […]

Join curator Joachim Homann for an in-depth discussion of Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s drawing The Girls’ Dormitory, on view in the special exhibition Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment. Featuring approximately 150 works on paper and other related objects, Dare to Know explores how the graphic arts inspired, shaped, and gave immediacy to new ideas in […]

Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Facing Forward is a team-curated exhibition that brings together art history, Egyptology, and conservation science to illuminate artists’ processes and the life stories of the people depicted in funerary portraits. Join two exhibition curators as they describe what can be learned when close looking, scientific analysis, and community collaboration combine. Our […]

Join us for a presentation of MTV Documentary Films’ Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison (formerly known as A Peculiar Silence). The film tells the story of playwright Liza Jessie Peterson, whose acclaimed play The Peculiar Patriot was shut down mid-performance at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola Prison. Directed and edited by Cinque Northern, produced […]

We will be welcoming Shane Brown as he shares his documentary photography project, “In the Territories”, and his involvement as on-set still photographer for the Peabody Award-winning FX series, Reservation Dogs. Brown’s projects reveal that the American West, Oklahoma, and the Great Plains region—in spite of or, perhaps because of, their mythos—have not escaped the […]

Join Sarah Mallory, Ph.D. candidate in Harvard’s Department of History of Art and Architecture, for an in-depth discussion about the emergence of the modern notion of ecology in the 18th century as it was articulated in selected works in the special exhibition Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment. Featuring approximately 150 […]

This series of contemporary and classic films is specially curated for teenagers in and around Cambridge. The selection, including both short and feature-length films, is meant to provide teens with an opportunity to watch work focused explicitly on their experiences. Covering a range of topics, emotions, and nuances, these free films—depending on length and scope—will […]

This series of contemporary and classic films is specially curated for teenagers in and around Cambridge. The selection, including both short and feature-length films, is meant to provide teens with an opportunity to watch work focused explicitly on their experiences. Covering a range of topics, emotions, and nuances, these free films—depending on length and scope—will […]

Join 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, […]

With its emphasis on pure geometric forms, the 18th-century neoclassical artistic style inspired the design of the special exhibition Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment. In this tour, exhibition designer Elie Glyn will share why artworks are displayed in a particular manner and why the galleries have been modified to look […]

Make your holiday season more festive at the Harvard Art Museums! Explore the collections, enjoy entertainment from DJ C-Zone in our Italian-inspired courtyard, participate in art-related activities, and kick back with friends. Night Shift Brewing is this month’s featured local vendor. As always, food will be available for purchase. Visit our special exhibition Dare to Know: […]

In this family-friendly talk, Erica Lawton will explore works featuring a variety of species, including mammals, birds, and fish. Meet the creatures of Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment, on view through January 15, 2023. Led by: Erica Lawton, Staff Assistant, Division of European and American Art Creature Feature, an ongoing […]

Opening Reception With Poetry Readings "The Girl Who Drew Memories situates Gail Winbury’s art at the intersection of vulnerability and creativity. Her large-scale abstract paintings and prolific collage work transform what is often inexpressible into resonant narratives in visual form, expanding how we make sense of our memories, emotions, and lived experiences. This extensive solo […]

Blue Mountain Gallery presents Pamela Berkeley’s newest solo show “From the Hollow,” November 29 – December 24. The twenty-five paintings and drawings include recent work as well as a selection of the artist’s work spanning five decades. Berkeley’s works are created in oil and pastel on canvas or linen, and range in size from eight […]

This workshop accompanies the exhibition Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Facing Forward, which invites viewers to ask more about the complicated histories of these portraits and the people they depict. The exhibition explores what can be learned about the artistic process and current condition of these works through scientific analysis and technical research conducted by staff […]

Join graduate student Kacper Koleda for an in-depth discussion about John Russell’s drawing and engraving of the moon, depicting what he gleaned through a telescope. The works are part of the special exhibition Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment. Featuring approximately 150 works on paper and other related objects, Dare to […]

Join us as we close our Screens for Teens series with this family-friendly film, just in time for the holiday season. This series of contemporary and classic films is specially curated for teenagers in and around Cambridge. The selection, including both short and feature-length films, is meant to provide teens with an opportunity to watch […]