Gallery Talk: A Mughal Portrait in the Hands of a Dutch Master
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAIn the 1650s, Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn created several copies of Mughal portraits. Twenty-three of these survive today, including one at the Harvard Art Museums. In this talk, graduate student Khushi Choudhary will explore Rembrandt’s “creative copies,” by considering his portrait of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in contrast to one made in a Mughal […]
Pursuing Knowledge of Artists’ Materials Production and Conservation Expertise as War Booty
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAIn this lecture, Morwenna Blewett, paintings conservator and associate member of Worcester College at the University of Oxford, will explore the role of representatives of British color manufacturers Winsor & Newton, Ltd., and George Rowney & Company, who spent nearly a month in Germany attempting to gain knowledge of German art materials in order to […]
Gallery Talk: Future Minded: New Works in the Collection
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAJoin chief curator Soyoung Lee for a closer look at artworks in the exhibition Future Minded: New Works in the Collection (March 1–July 21, 2024). Lee will share insights into a group of recently acquired drawings by the artist Toyin Ojih Odutola. Future Minded highlights a selection of works acquired in recent years that exemplify the Harvard Art […]
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. Led by: Peter Murphy, Stefan Engelhorn Curatorial Fellow in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join […]
Art Signs: Artful Conversations in ASL
Smithsonian American Art Museum 750 9th St. N.W., Washington, DC, United StatesCurious about American art? Join us for a 30-minute in person conversation about selected works from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection. This program is presented in American Sign Language (ASL) with voice interpretation for hearing participants. Smithsonian American Art Museum; Meet in the F Street Lobby Free | Registration required