Events

2019 Nov 12

After Migration: In Defense of Using Beauty to Illustrate the Journeys of Those Who Have Suffered

6:30pm to 8:00pm

Location:

Menschel Hall, Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

A film screening of After Migration: Calabria (2020) and discussion with producer and co-director Walé Oyéjidé and Teju Cole, Gore Vidal Professor of the Practice of Creative Writing at Harvard. Oyéjidé will argue that migrants are owed more artful depictions of their cross-border experiences and that our creative... Read more about After Migration: In Defense of Using Beauty to Illustrate the Journeys of Those Who Have Suffered

2019 Nov 05

“Broken Nature” and Other Design Exhibitions for the Real World

5:30pm

Location:

Menschel Hall, Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

The XXII Triennale di Milano, Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival, highlighted the concept of restorative design, plotting its role in surveying our species’ bonds with the complex systems in the world, and in designing reparations when necessary, through objects, concepts, and new systems. Paola... Read more about “Broken Nature” and Other Design Exhibitions for the Real World

2019 Apr 23

Recent Discoveries at Sardis: From the Bronze Age to the End of Antiquity

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location:

Menschel Hall, Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

In this biennial lecture, director Nicholas Cahill, professor of art history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and director of the Sardis expedition, will present new discoveries, research, and conservation projects of 2017–18. He... Read more about Recent Discoveries at Sardis: From the Bronze Age to the End of Antiquity

2019 Apr 18

Film by Design: Bauhaus and the Moving Image, Part 3

6:00pm to 7:45pm

Location:

Menschel Hall, Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Metal Party, February 1929. One of the Bauhaus’s most visually exuberant parties, the Metal Party featured a multifaceted film program, including a montage by found-footage pioneer Albrecht Viktor Blum....

2019 Apr 17

The American Land Museum: Places as Cultural Artifacts

6:00pm

Location:

Menschel Hall, Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Center for Land Use Interpretation explores how land in the United States is apportioned, utilized, and perceived. Through exhibitions and public programs, the Center interprets built landscapes—from landfills and urban waterfalls to artificial lakes... Read more about The American Land Museum: Places as Cultural Artifacts

2019 Apr 12

Film: Gropius Memory Palace

3:00pm to 4:00pm

Location:

Menschel Hall, Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Gropius Memory Palace (2017) is a portrait of the Fagus Factory in Alfeld, Germany, one of the earliest designs of Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius. The Fagus Factory opened in 1913 and remains in operation, continuing to make... Read more about Film: Gropius Memory Palace

2019 Apr 03

Here on Earth: Emmet Gowin on a Life in Photography

6:00pm to 7:15pm

Location:

Menschel Hall, Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Emmet Gowin will explore his critically acclaimed oeuvre and his photographic interests over the span of a career that began when he was a student of Harry Callahan in the 1960s. In addition to a lifelong devotion to teaching, Gowin has pursued a range... Read more about Here on Earth: Emmet Gowin on a Life in Photography

2019 Mar 29

Bauhaus 100: Object Lessons from a Historic Collection

10:00am to 5:00pm

Location:

Menschel Hall, Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Founded in 1919 in Weimar, Germany, the Bauhaus was the 20th century’s most influential school of art, architecture, and design. A century later, we continue to learn from the rich trove of student exercises, iconic design objects,... Read more about Bauhaus 100: Object Lessons from a Historic Collection

2019 Mar 28

Film by Design: Bauhaus and the Moving Image, Part 2

6:00pm to 7:00pm

Location:

Menschel Hall, Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Inaugural Festivities, Bauhaus Dessau, December 1926. The screening at the inauguration of the Bauhaus Dessau reflected how the newly fueled fascination with an “architectural film” evolved in close dialogue with the cinematic study of the... Read more about Film by Design: Bauhaus and the Moving Image, Part 2

2019 Mar 13

Revisiting Harvard’s Early Chinese Jades

6:00pm to 7:00pm

Location:

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

ArtMuseumsChineseJades More than 40 years after Max Loehr published the first comprehensive catalogue of the Grenville L. Winthrop collection of archaic Chinese jades, the Harvard Art Museums present a new book featuring highlights of the collection by Jenny F...

2019 Mar 08

Erasmus Lectures on the History and Civilization of the Netherlands and Flanders—Part 3

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Location:

Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

In collaboration with the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard, the Harvard Art Museums present Art and Competition in the Dutch Golden Age, Eric Jan Sluijter, professor emeritus at the... Read more about Erasmus Lectures on the History and Civilization of the Netherlands and Flanders—Part 3

2019 Mar 01

Art and Competition in the Dutch Golden Age: Erasmus Lectures on the History and Civilization of the Netherlands and Flanders

3:30pm to 4:30pm

Location:

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street

In collaboration with the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard, the Harvard Art Museums present Art and Competition in the Dutch Golden Age, a three-part lecture series delivered...

2019 Jan 30

Tour: The Architectural History of the Harvard Art Museums

3:30pm

Location:

32 Quincy Street Cambridge MA

sky through glass rooftop of the Harvard Art Museum courtyard

Presented by: Harvard Art Museums
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2018 Dec 05

Members Tour

5:30pm

Location:

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Presented by: Harvard Art Museums
Tickets: Tickets Required

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2018 Dec 05

Tour: Mutiny: Works by Géricault

3:30pm

Location:

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Théodore Géricault, French, Cattle Market, 1818–19

Presented by: Harvard Art Museums
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2018 Dec 04

Materials Lab Workshop: Alternative Lithographic Processes

1:00pm

Location:

Harvard Art Museums, Materials Lab, Lower Level. 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Presented by: Harvard Art Museums
Tickets: Tickets Required

In 1796, Alois Senefelder invented lithography, a printing process reliant on the repellent reaction between water and oil-based materials. The method drastically improved the speed and ease of printing at... Read more about Materials Lab Workshop: Alternative Lithographic Processes

2018 Dec 04

Gallery Talk: Géricault’s Prints

12:35pm

Location:

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA

Presented by: Harvard Art Museums
Tickets: Admission Free: Tickets Required

Elizabeth Rudy, the Carl A.... Read more about Gallery Talk: Géricault’s Prints

2018 Dec 04