Harvard Art Museums
Gallery Talk: From Hadda to Harvard—A Journey through Afghanistan’s Buddhist Art (Conducted in Dari)
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MANote that this talk will be conducted in Dari. لطفاً توجه داشته باشید که این سخنرانی به زبان فارسی دری برگزار خواهد شد. The ancient site of Hadda, located near present-day Jalalabad, was a major center of Buddhist art and culture between the 1st and 6th centuries CE. Hadda’s sculptures offer a glimpse into Afghanistan’s […]
A Stroll through History at the Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAJoin us for a stroll through three fascinating historical spaces at the Harvard Art Museums: Adophus Busch Hall, the home of the Busch-Reisinger Museum from 1917 to 1991; the Calderwood Courtyard, the architectural centerpiece of the 32 Quincy Street building, whose arches are modeled after the facade of a 16th-century canon’s house in Montepulciano, Italy; and the Naumburg […]
Gallery Talk: Rebecca Horn: In Memoriam (1944–2024)
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAGerman artist Rebecca Horn worked in a wide range of media from the 1960s until her recent death in 2024. Join curator Lynette Roth to examine the artist’s meditations on the body in the photographs, films, and objects currently on view in the galleries and see how they are in dialogue with her major installation […]
Materials Lab Workshop: Inspired by Nature—Imaginative Drawing, with Erica Beade
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MALooking closely at nature inspires a huge range of imaginative artwork, from abstraction and decorative work to illustration and cartooning. In this workshop, we’ll first examine a wide variety of drawings before exploring techniques for unleashing our imagination to create our own. Class size will be limited to 15 to allow time for individual feedback. […]
Gallery Talk: Tracing Ownership through Collectors’ Marks
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAHave you ever wondered about the tiny, stamped marks that are often seen on prints and drawings? They are called collectors’ marks: unique stamps or inscriptions that signal ownership. The marks range from initials to coats of arms, animals, plants, and celestial bodies, and they offer important clues in tracing part of the provenance, or […]