Harvard Art Museums
Gallery Talk
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAOur galleries are full of stories—this series of talks gives visitors a chance to hear the best ones! The talks highlight new works on view, take a fresh look at old favorites, investigate artists’ materials and techniques, and reveal the latest discoveries by curators, conservators, fellows, visiting artists, technologists, and other contributors. Gallery talks are […]
Art Talk Live: Modern Sculpture in the Busch-Reisinger Museum
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAThe talk looks at the Busch-Reisinger Museum’s history and the first accessions of sculptures from modern artists. Curatorial fellow Clemens Ottenhausen will share some of the collection’s key characteristics as well as situate the museum’s activities under director Charles L. Kuhn (1930–1968) in a larger context of an increasingly transatlantic art scene. Led by: Clemens […]
Please Stay Home: Darrel Ellis in Dialogue with Leslie Hewitt and Wardell Milan
Carpenter Center for Visual Arts Harvard University 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesJoin a tour of the exhibition Please Stay at Home: Darrel Ellis in Dialogue with Leslie Hewitt and Wardell Milan at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Centered on a less recognized body of Darrel Ellis’s work and featuring new commissions by Leslie Hewitt and Wardell Milan, this special exhibition is guest curated by Makeda Best, […]
Gallery Talk: Activation of Moholy-Nagy’s Light Prop for an Electric Stage
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAJoin staff as they discuss and activate this experimental device from 1930 by László Moholy-Nagy, a Bauhaus pioneer.
Gallery Talk—A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAJoin museum staff members 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 delving into […]