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Voting, Activism, and Art
OnlineThe 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage and the upcoming presidential election have brought voting rights to the forefront of American politics in 2020 and have prompted important questions about legacies of disenfranchisement, especially for people of color in the United States. Inspired by the Long 19th Amendment Project, spearheaded by the Schlesinger Library at Harvard’s Radcliffe […]
Intimacy in Art, with Maeve Miller
OnlineJoin us live on Zoom for a Student Guide Tour! Maeve Miller ’22 will investigate forms of intimacy across the history of art and the tensions between them by looking closely at Summer Scene by Jean Frédéric Bazille, the sculpture Prince Shotoku at Age Two, and Self-Portrait with Cat by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. This free tour will take place […]
On to Washington! Lewis Rubenstein and Rico Lebrun’s “Hunger March” Mural
OnlineThe demonstrations and protests that have swept the country over the last few years are part of a long history of Americans taking to the streets to demand change. In this Art Talk, we will look at Lewis Rubenstein and Rico Lebrun’s Hunger March mural, which was inspired by one such event that reverberated for decades afterward. […]
The Art of Pleasure, with Felipe Muñoz
OnlineJoin us live on Zoom for a Student Guide Tour! Felipe Muñoz ’22 explores how an Archaic Greek bowl, a Symbolist painting by Gustave Moreau, and a Bauhaus chess set by Josef Hartwig concern themselves with different kinds of pleasure. This free tour will take place online via Zoom. To join, click the following link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/98636429837 (no […]
Student Guide Tour: Spirituality in Secular Art, with Adam Sella
OnlineJoin us live on Zoom for a Student Guide Tour! Adam Sella ’22 considers different ideas of spirituality and how these appear in artworks we might not immediately consider to be spiritual. This free tour will take place online via Zoom. To join, click the following link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/92102879072 (no pre-registration required). The Ho Family Student Guide Program […]