Harvard Art Museums
Gallery Talk: Joana Choumali: Languages of West African Marketplaces
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAJoin Ivorian artist Joana Choumali to discuss her photographic textiles featured in Joana Choumali: Languages of West African Marketplaces (January 25–May 11, 2025). Choumali created the textiles during her time as a 2020 Robert Gardner Fellowship in Photography at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography. Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk […]
Gallery Talk: Grief Made Marble—Funerary Sculpture in Classical Athens
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAIn his gallery talk, Harvard professor Seth Estrin will explore an ancient Greek grave stele for a young girl named Melisto. Focusing on the historical and emotional context of the monument as well as details of its carving, Estrin will examine how subtle effects of relief sculpture were used in Classical Athens to construct the experience of […]
Artist Talk with Joana Choumali: Languages of West African Marketplaces
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAMultimedia photographic artist and recipient of the 2020 Robert Gardner Fellowship in Photography at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography Joana Choumali will speak about her practice, her inspirations, and her artistic exploration of her hometown, the city of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast. Please join us for this lively conversation moderated by Ilisa […]
Gallery Talk: Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAJoin us for a focused discussion about techniques and materials in our special exhibition Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking (March 7–July 27, 2025), led by a conservator from the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. A dynamic collaboration between curatorial and conservation experts, the exhibition offers rare insight into Munch’s innovative techniques and the recurring themes across […]
Gallery Talk: Drawn to Earth: Contemporary Art and Environment in the Americas
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAJoin Madeline Murphy Turner for an introduction to a recent installation, Drawn to Earth: Contemporary Art and Environment in the Americas, which features more than 15 artworks from the collections, many of which are new acquisitions. Turner will delve into how and why contemporary artists across the Americas use drawing to contend with topics of the […]