Gallery Talk: Drawing Materials and Techniques in Sketch, Shade, Smudge
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAJoin an exhibition curator for a discussion about some of the drawing materials and techniques seen in works in the special exhibition Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black celebrates the act of drawing using familiar tools—charcoal, chalk, crayon, and graphite. Each type of material has distinctive properties: […]
Gallery Talk: Catching the Tooth and Sketching a Shape
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAJoin curatorial research associate Susan Anderson to look at how artists working at the turn of the 20th century used dry media as a means towards abstraction. This talk is offered in conjunction with the special exhibition Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black, on view from September 12, 2025 to January 18, 2026. Sketch, […]
Art Study Center Seminar: AI at the Museums—Coin Recovery Project
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAExplore ancient coins and learn how a small team of museum staff and students is trying to harness the power of artificial intelligence to recover coins stolen in 1973. Led by: Laure Marest, Damarete Associate Curator of Ancient Coins, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art Yifei Bao, Hao Family Intern, Division of Asian and Mediterranean […]
Imagine: Art in the Environment
NSU Art Museum 1 E Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United StatesCan you imagine surrounding eleven islands with pink fabric in Biscayne Bay, or submerging a monumental art installation that doubles as a hybrid reef off of Miami Beach? Join us for two astonishing presentations by guest speakers Katherine Fleming and Ximena Caminos to illuminate the new frontier of public art. Presented in association with the […]
Art + Science: Matting, Framing, and Housing Objects
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAHave you ever wondered what happens in our conservation labs? Join a member of our Straus Center staff for an informal conversation about their work treating objects in our collections. Taking place just outside the Straus Center in the Lightbox Gallery, this presentation will give you the chance to get up close and hands-on with […]