Harvard Art Museums
Exhibition Tour: Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAJoin us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black, led by an exhibition curator. The exhibition will be on view from September 12, 2025 through January 18, 2026. Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black celebrates the act of drawing using familiar tools—charcoal, chalk, crayon, and […]
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 […]
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 […]