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Art and Thought in the Dutch Republic: Erasmus Lectures on the History and Civilization of the Netherlands and Flanders (Part 1)
OnlineIn collaboration with the Department of History of Art and Architecture, the Harvard Art Museums present Art and Thought in the Dutch Republic, a three-part lecture series delivered by Hanneke Grootenboer, professor of art history at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and the 2021 Erasmus Lecturer on the History and Civilization of the Netherlands and […]
Art Talk Live: Zelda Fitzgerald, “Girl Mystary” (online event)
OnlineA close look at a group of bold watercolors by Zelda Fitzgerald confirms her originality, talent, and wit as an artist. Known to her contemporaries as F. Scott Fitzgerald’s temperamental wife, Zelda was a creative force in her own right. Led by: Joachim Homann, Maida and George Abrams Curator of Drawings, Division of European and […]
Creature Feature: Animals from Ancient Egypt
OnlineCreature Features, a new online series from the Harvard Art Museums, offers a chance for families with children ages 6 and up to explore magical creatures across the collections through close looking and curious exploration with museum staff. Join Egyptologist Jen Thum for an interactive, family-friendly look at animals in ancient Egyptian art and life! […]
Chinese Gold from the Winthrop Collection
OnlineSince we are unable to welcome you into the museums at this time, we are bringing our experts to you in a new online series, Art Study Center Seminars at Home. When Grenville Lindall Winthrop left his extensive collection to the Fogg Art Museum in 1943, it contained three gold plaques dating to China’s Warring […]
The Bind of Beauty—Nature, Art, and Femininity
OnlineJoin us live on Zoom for a Student Guide Tour! Sophia Mautz ’21 examines the tensions between nature and artifice in the construction of feminine beauty. She will lead an interactive discussion of the sculptures Nature Study by Louise Bourgeois and Daphne by Renée Sintenis as well as the painting Under the Cherry Blossoms (an illustration for the Tale of Genji) by […]