Harvard Art Museums
From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAVisit our galleries for FREE on Sundays. Check the visit page for all free admission opportunities at the Harvard Art Museums. Discover a more complete story of art from the Spanish Empire—and a broader definition of American art—through an unparalleled collection of Spanish colonial paintings. The Spanish empire and its patent mercantile companies were the dominant colonial force in […]
From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAVisit our galleries for FREE on Sundays. Check the visit page for all free admission opportunities at the Harvard Art Museums. Discover a more complete story of art from the Spanish Empire—and a broader definition of American art—through an unparalleled collection of Spanish colonial paintings. The Spanish empire and its patent mercantile companies were the dominant colonial force in […]
Meet Me at the Museums: An Edible, Ethnographic Engagement with Victor Grippo’s Analogia I
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAVictor Grippo’s Analogia I is a quietly powerful piece that embodies concerns central to the artist: everyday foods, recurring elements, energy, measurement, as well as the collective consciousness and its potential. The edible protagonist in the piece—the potato—deserves a special spotlight. Metonym and meal, the potato offers an opportunity to look more closely at the historical entanglement […]
Gallery Talk: From the Andes to the Caribbean: American art from the Spanish Empire
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAJoin associate curator Horace D. Ballard for an in-depth discussion about one of the works in the exhibition De los Andes al Caribe: El arte americano desde el imperio español/From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire, on view until July 30, 2023. Ballard will share insights about the ways in which […]
Gallery Talk—A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAJoin graduate student intern Sarah Eisen for a closer look at ancient objects in the exhibition A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection, as well as insights into the exhibition process. On view through May 7, 2023, A World Within Reach examines issues of power, desire, and wonder in antiquity and today by […]