Presented by: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Workshop with Tomoo Hamada
Thursday, June 6, 2019
10am – 2pm

Join Master Potter Tomoo Hamada, second son...

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This exhibition gives visitors the rare chance to encounter a significant 13th-century Japanese icon, Shōtoku Taishi at Age Two, from the inside out. Legendary prince Shōtoku Taishi (c. 574–622) is regarded as the founder of Buddhism in Japan.... Read more about Prince Shōtoku: The Secrets Within

This exhibition features almost 50 works spanning the history of Japanese woodblock printing, from the 17th through 20th century; these include single-sheet prints, luxury surimono prints, printed handscrolls, and printed books by renowned designers... Read more about Japan on Paper

Presented by: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard

Join us for our annual Spring Show and Sale at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard.

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In this workshop, which is part of the 2019 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Series, Eurydice Georganteli, lecturer on art history and numismatics at Harvard, will explore the role of museum artifacts in the study of medieval material culture. She...

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This series of drop-in 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...

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Thebes, one of Egypt’s largest archaeological sites, is famous for its numerous tombs and temples that offer an unparalleled window into ancient Egyptian culture and craftsmanship. Melinda Hartwig will discuss the painting and texts found in the... Read more about The Making of a Theban Tomb Chapel

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

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

The Bauhaus and Harvard exhibition—mounted in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany—presents nearly 200 works by more than 70 artists, drawn almost entirely from the Busch-Reisinger Museum’s... Read more about Tour: The Bauhaus and Harvard

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

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....

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Harvard undergraduates lead these tours focused on one or more objects in our collections. Free with museum admission. Tours are limited to 15 people and are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information, including tour dates and times, click... Read more about Harvard Art Museums Student Guide Tour

Tahir Carl Karmali is a Kenyan-born, New York-based visual artist whose work deals with critiquing the global economy, geopolitics and the networks that circulate goods an people. He works across mediums and combines photography, photocopying,... Read more about Tahir Carl Karmali in Conversation with Jesse Firestone