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Roses, Ruffs, and Reflections | Alicia Brown, Claire Partington, Tony Scherman
Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York is pleased to present “Roses, Ruffs, and Reflections”, a group exhibition featuring works by Alicia Brown, Claire Partington, and Tony Scherman. Each artist employs traditional techniques and historical styles in distinctly different ways that continues the conversation of the deep-rooted constructs of power and oppression that have been seen […]
Roses, Ruffs, and Reflections | Alicia Brown, Claire Partington, Tony Scherman
Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York is pleased to present “Roses, Ruffs, and Reflections”, a group exhibition featuring works by Alicia Brown, Claire Partington, and Tony Scherman. Each artist employs traditional techniques and historical styles in distinctly different ways that continues the conversation of the deep-rooted constructs of power and oppression that have been seen […]
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Gallery Talk—A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection
Gallery Talk—A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection
Join museum staff members for a closer look at ancient objects in the exhibition A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection, as well as insights into the exhibition process. On view through May 7, 2023, A World Within Reach examines issues of power, desire, and wonder in antiquity and today by […]
3 events,
Gallery Talk: Norma Minkowitz
Gallery Talk: Norma Minkowitz
Join us for a special gallery talk with fiber artist Norma Minkowitz! Norma Minkowitz, whose work is on view in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries January 27-April 8, 2023, will be in-person in our galleries to discuss her work. Please note: This event is in-person only and will not be recorded. Space is very limited–register soon! […]
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Art in Focus: Kawase Hasui, Spring Moon at Ninomiya Beach
Art in Focus: Kawase Hasui, Spring Moon at Ninomiya Beach
Our Art in Focus series offers the opportunity for a close look at a single work of art! Join us for a discussion of Spring Moon at Ninomiya Beach, a woodblock print by Kawase Hasui. Take a look at the print here and bring your questions and observations to the Bellarmine Hall Galleries! Please note: […]
Virtual Art in Focus: Kawase Hasui, “Spring Moon at Ninomiya Beach”
Virtual Art in Focus: Kawase Hasui, “Spring Moon at Ninomiya Beach”
Our Virtual Art in Focus series offers the opportunity for a close look at a single work of art, all from the comfort of your home! Join us for a discussion of Spring Moon at Ninomiya Beach, a woodblock print by Kawase Hasui. Take a look at the print here and bring your questions and […]
3 events,
The Long View: opening reception
The Long View: opening reception
Opening reception for the Long View Exhibition which celebrates past and current work and the varied ways Blue Mountain gallery artists understand the continuities and transformations in their work over time.
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Gallery Talk: Reframing Indigenous Presence at the Harvard Art Museums
Gallery Talk: Reframing Indigenous Presence at the Harvard Art Museums
In this tour, associate curator Horace D. Ballard will explore the complicated history of 19th-century portraits of Indigenous delegates to Washington, D.C., by painter Henry Inman, and the recurring display of a selection of the paintings at the Harvard Art Museums. Led by: Horace D. Ballard, Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Associate Curator of American Art […]
Talya Baharal | SHAPE OF A LANGUAGE | Opening Reception
Talya Baharal | SHAPE OF A LANGUAGE | Opening Reception
First Street Gallery is pleased to present Shape of A Language, a solo exhibition of abstract paintings by Talya Baharal. Talya Baharal’s paintings explore the journey and shaping of her abstract painter’s voice. Unintended compositions are seen, absorbed and re-imagined in the language of abstraction. Whether looking at asphalt road repairs or broken ice sheets […]
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The Long View: panel discussion
The Long View: panel discussion
Panel Discussion in gallery Saturday Feb. 11th. 3pm Moderated by Barbara Grossman, with exhibiting artists Richard Castellana, Owen Gray, Janet Sawyer, Jenny Toth Also live on YouTube starting at 3:00
4 events,
Step Into Art with Inspiration from Kehinde Wiley
Step Into Art with Inspiration from Kehinde Wiley
Step into a magical world inspired by Kehinde Wiley! Step Into Art is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing art education programs that actively engage children with great works of art from museums in and around Boston. Let your imagination soar as we build a multidimensional community art installation together in the Calderwood Courtyard. Enjoy a […]
Step Into Art with Inspiration from Kehinde Wiley
Step Into Art with Inspiration from Kehinde Wiley
Step into a magical world inspired by Kehinde Wiley! Step Into Art is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing art education programs that actively engage children with great works of art from museums in and around Boston. Let your imagination soar as we build a multidimensional community art installation together in the Calderwood Courtyard. Enjoy a […]
3 events,
Virtual Lecture: “Women’s Rights Are Human Rights”
Virtual Lecture: “Women’s Rights Are Human Rights”
Join us for a virtual lecture with Elizabeth Resnick, curator of “Women’s Rights Are Human Rights”! Elizabeth Resnick, Exhibition Curator and Professor Emerita, Graphic Design, at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, will discuss the exhibition on view in the Walsh Gallery (inside the Quick Center for the Arts) January 20-April 8, 2023. […]
3 events,
Gallery Talk—A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection
Gallery Talk—A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection
Join museum staff members for a closer look at ancient objects in the exhibition A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection, as well as insights into the exhibition process. On view through May 7, 2023, A World Within Reach examines issues of power, desire, and wonder in antiquity and today by delving into […]
4 events,
Gallery Talk
Gallery Talk
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 […]
Opening Reception | Camille Billops: Mirror, Mirror
Opening Reception | Camille Billops: Mirror, Mirror
Camille Billops Mirror, Mirror February 16 – March 25, 2023 Opening reception: February 16, 2023, 6:00-8:00 pm RYAN LEE is pleased to announce Mirror, Mirror, a solo exhibition of works by the multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and activist Camille Billops. Featuring a series of ceramic mirrors, etchings, and drawings, this is the first significant solo presentation […]
4 events,
Family Day: Fantastical Fibers
Family Day: Fantastical Fibers
Join us for arts & crafts inspired by the exhibition, "Norma Minkowitz: Body to Soul"! Join us in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries’ SmArt Classroom for arts & crafts designed for ages 4-10. Children will learn about various weaving techniques, inspired by the exhibition Norma Minkowitz: Body to Soul, on view in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries […]
BAAHNG SPOTLIGHT | With R.C. Baker & Sharon Butler
BAAHNG SPOTLIGHT | With R.C. Baker & Sharon Butler
Jennifer Baahng Gallery invites you to a discussion about America — past, present, and future. Artists R.C. Baker and Sharon Butler will delve into the ways their work grapples with today’s digital miasma, as well as what culture critic Greil Marcus famously termed “the old, weird, America.” In Butler’s Idiomerica series, painted pixels collide with […]
3 events,
Please Stay Home: Darrel Ellis in Dialogue with Leslie Hewitt and Wardell Milan
Please Stay Home: Darrel Ellis in Dialogue with Leslie Hewitt and Wardell Milan
Join a tour of the exhibition Please Stay at Home: Darrel Ellis in Dialogue with Leslie Hewitt and Wardell Milan at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Centered on a less recognized body of Darrel Ellis’s work and featuring new commissions by Leslie Hewitt and Wardell Milan, this special exhibition is guest curated by Makeda Best, […]
5 events,
Gallery Talk: Activation of Moholy-Nagy’s Light Prop for an Electric Stage
Gallery Talk: Activation of Moholy-Nagy’s Light Prop for an Electric Stage
Join staff as they discuss and activate this experimental device from 1930 by László Moholy-Nagy, a Bauhaus pioneer.
Gallery Talk—A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection
Gallery Talk—A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection
Join museum staff members for a closer look at ancient objects in the exhibition A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection, as well as insights into the exhibition process. On view through May 7, 2023, A World Within Reach examines issues of power, desire, and wonder in antiquity and today by delving into […]
Artist Panel When We All Stand: Artists’ Civic Responsibility
Artist Panel When We All Stand: Artists’ Civic Responsibility
This panel discussion examines the collective power of the arts to address complex issues in society, its ability to chart a path for social change, the role of the artist as activist and their impact on local communities and nationwide. The artists included in the panel are Molly Crabapple, For Freedoms, Miguel Luciano, Michele Pred, […]
3 events,
Student Board Annual Public Lecture: Pao Houa Her in Conversation with Makeda Best
Student Board Annual Public Lecture: Pao Houa Her in Conversation with Makeda Best
Join the Harvard Art Museums Student Board for its annual public lecture, featuring Pao Houa Her in conversation with Makeda Best, the Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography. Pao Houa Her is a Hmong American artist whose practice engages primarily with legacies and potentials of landscape, portraiture, and documentary photographic traditions and aesthetics. Her works […]
4 events,
Meet Me at the Museums: Medieval and Early Renaissance Crucifixion Images
Meet Me at the Museums: Medieval and Early Renaissance Crucifixion Images
While the image of Christ’s crucifixion is common in western artworks from the medieval and early Renaissance periods, interpreting these works can be complex. Join Clara Guzman in decoding several crucifixion scenes laden with symbolism. Guzman will also share how her research has been informed by her experience studying art history at Harvard and working […]
Film: Descendant
Film: Descendant
Join the Harvard Art Museums for a screening of the film Descendant. Documentary filmmaker Margaret Brown (The Order of Myths, The Great Invisible) returns to her hometown of Mobile, Alabama, to document the search for and historic discovery in 2019 of The Clotilda, the last known ship to arrive in the United States illegally carrying enslaved Africans, in […]
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“Women’s Rights Are Human Rights” Panel Discussion with Faculty Co-Curators
“Women’s Rights Are Human Rights” Panel Discussion with Faculty Co-Curators
Join us for an in-person discussion with the co-curators of “Women’s Rights Are Human Rights”! Fairfield University faculty co-curators Rachelle Brunn-Bevel, PhD, Elizabeth Hohl, PhD, Johanna Garvey, PhD, and Anna Lawrence, PhD will discuss the “Women’s Rights are Human Rights” exhibition, which is on view in the Walsh Gallery (inside the Quick Center for the […]
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Art in Focus: Norma Minkowitz, “Goodbye Goddess”
Art in Focus: Norma Minkowitz, “Goodbye Goddess”
Our Art in Focus series offers the opportunity for a close look at a single work of art! Join us for a discussion of “Goodbye Goddess,” a mixed-media work by Norma Minkowitz and part of the temporary exhibition “Norma Minkowitz: Body to Soul,” on view in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries from January 27 – April […]
Virtual Art in Focus: Norma Minkowitz, “Goodbye Goddess”
Virtual Art in Focus: Norma Minkowitz, “Goodbye Goddess”
Our Virtual Art in Focus series offers the opportunity for a close look at a single work of art, all from the comfort of your home! Join us for a discussion of “Goodbye Goddess,” a mixed-media work by Norma Minkowitz and part of the temporary exhibition “Norma Minkowitz: Body to Soul,” on view in the […]
Gallery Talk: Hannah Höch’s Critical Photomontage
Gallery Talk: Hannah Höch’s Critical Photomontage
In this talk, curator Lynette Roth examines a newly acquired photomontage by Berlin Dadaist Hannah Höch. In Ancient Runners Frieze (1930), Höch juxtaposes images of African, Egyptian, and European people and art objects culled from illustrated magazines and newspapers to call attention to gender stereotypes and the pervasiveness of racist and colonialist ideas in interwar Germany and […]
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In-Person and Virtual Crafting a Better Future: The Renwick 50th Anniversary Symposium
In-Person and Virtual Crafting a Better Future: The Renwick 50th Anniversary Symposium
The exhibition This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World showcases the dynamic landscape of American craft today. This symposium, organized in conjunction with the exhibition, highlights the role that artists play in our world to spark essential conversations, stories of resilience, and methods of activism—showing us a more relational and empathetic world. Led by SAAM […]
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Clifford Thompson: Painting Story opening reception
Clifford Thompson: Painting Story opening reception
Clifford Thompson is an African American artist (some have called him an outsider artist) whose work has been compared to that of Jacob Lawrence. The title “Painting Story” is meant to capture a feature of his work that a number of people have remarked on: the storytelling aspects of the paintings. (Thompson is the author […]
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Meet Me at the Museums: An Edible, Ethnographic Engagement with Victor Grippo’s Analogia I
Meet Me at the Museums: An Edible, Ethnographic Engagement with Victor Grippo’s Analogia I
Victor Grippo’s Analogia I is a quietly powerful piece that embodies concerns central to the artist: everyday foods, recurring elements, energy, measurement, as well as the collective consciousness and its potential. The edible protagonist in the piece—the potato—deserves a special spotlight. Metonym and meal, the potato offers an opportunity to look more closely at the historical entanglement […]
Gallery Talk: From the Andes to the Caribbean: American art from the Spanish Empire
Gallery Talk: From the Andes to the Caribbean: American art from the Spanish Empire
Join associate curator Horace D. Ballard for an in-depth discussion about one of the works in the exhibition De los Andes al Caribe: El arte americano desde el imperio español/From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire, on view until July 30, 2023. Ballard will share insights about the ways in which […]
