Harvard Art Museums
Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Facing Forward
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MACome face to face with portraits of Egyptians who lived during the Roman period and discover what role these images played in funerary rituals as well as what modern technical study can reveal about ancient artistic practices. Featuring several painted portrait panels, sculptural portraits, and a linen burial shroud, this tightly focused exhibition asks visitors […]
Screens for Teens: Clueless
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAThis 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 […]
Dare to Know: An Introduction
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAJoin us for a series of brief presentations and a discussion about our latest special exhibition, Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment, with curators Elizabeth M. Rudy and Kristel Smentek, along with several contributors to the exhibition catalogue. Dare to Know will be on view at the Harvard Art Museums from […]
Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MASee how the graphic arts inspired, shaped, and gave immediacy to new ideas in the Enlightenment era, encouraging individuals to follow their own reason when seeking to know more. What role did drawings and prints play during the Enlightenment era, from roughly 1720 to 1800? Dare to Know explores many nuances of this complex time—when political and […]
Jazz Performance: Atlantic Connections
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAEnjoy an afternoon of live music in the Calderwood Courtyard—free and open to everyone! The Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA) will present Atlantic Connections, a jazz performance led by Yosvany Terry, senior lecturer on music at Harvard, and mezzo-soprano Alicia Hall Moran, who will perform a work inspired by poets from the African diaspora, including Maya […]