Presented by: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Admission: Free
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Talk + Performance: A panel discussion on the rise and development of Chilean conceptual art will be followed with a performance-lecture by poet and conceptual artist Raúl Zurita and visual artist Cristóbal Lehyt. 

... Read more about Raúl Zurita and Cristóbal Lehyt: Conceptual Stumblings

Presented by: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Admission: Free
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Los Angeles-based artist Julian Hoeber will discuss his work which includes multi-media representations of thought structures that examine vectors, rotation, cores, shells, knots, wounds, caves, and concepts of nowhere.... Read more about Julian Hoeber: Open Seminar

Presented by: Institute of Contemporary Art
Tickets: Free; for undergraduates of these participating University Member colleges; limited capacity.
More information: College night event page

Boston’s universities and colleges will take over the ICA on October 4 from 6–9 PM for the ICA’s annual College Night! Located in the city’s hottest neighborhood, the ICA is your entry point to the best of contemporary culture. Join us for this contemporary take on all Boston has to offer: art, food, music, and fun.... Read more about College Night at the ICA: The Young and the Curious

Presented by: Cultural Agents, DRCLAS & CCVA
Admission: Free and open to all

Speaker: Liz Munsell, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Liz Munsell will present an in-depth lecture Urban Art Interventions,1970s Chile at 3:30 pm as part of the Cultural Agents course at Harvard University in the Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall (Room 110). She will then introduce the hands-on workshop which will take place at the CCVA at 5:30pm.... Read more about Lecture: Urban Art Interventions, 1970s Chile

Presented by: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Admission: Free and open to all. RSVP here. 
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Talk + Workshop

Luz Donoso, born in Santiago, Chile in 1921 and died 2008, was a graphic artist, muralist, political activist, and teacher. Beginning in the mid-1960s, she was one of the most prominent participants in the widespread muralist movement in support of Salvador Allende’s presidential campaign.... Read more about Luz Donoso: Urban Art Interventions

Presented by: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Admission: Free
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Part autobiography and part cultural history, Before Pictures is a courageous account of an exceptional period in both art historian Douglas Crimp’s life and the life of New York City. Crimp will read from his book, followed by a conversation with Harvard professor Carrie Lambert-Beatty.... Read more about Talk: Douglas Crimp: Before Pictures

Presented by: Harvard Art Museums
Admission: see website
Museum Hours: Open daily 10am–5pm
Exhibition: November 4, 2016–April 9, 2017
Opening Celebration: November 2, 2016 at 6 PM features panel discussion with artist Doris Salcedo, author and Harvard professor Elaine Scarry, and curator Mary Schneider Enriquez. Open galleries 5–9 PM, and reception. more info>

A new exhibition featuring recent works by Salcedo, an internationally acclaimed artist whose sculpture and installations transform familiar, everyday objects into moving and powerful testimonies of loss and remembrance. Curated by Mary Schneider Enriquez, the Houghton Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Harvard Art Museums.... Read more about Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning

Presented by: Office of Career Services
Admission: For Harvard Undergraduates only. Please register through Crimson Careers.   

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Presented by: Harvard Ed Portal
Admission: Free; RSVP here.
Exhibition runs: TBA 
Reception: Oct. 5, 7 PM, followed by 7:30-9 PM discussion with Nieman Fellows

The Harvard Ed Portal, together with the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, is proud to present the work of Maciek Nabrdalik. Nabrdalik, a current Nieman Fellow, is a Warsaw-based documentary photographer and member of the VII Photo Agency, whose primary focus is on sociological changes in Eastern Europe.... Read more about Exhibition: Refugee Crisis

Presented by: The Cooper Gallery
Admission: Free and open to the public
Exhibition dates: Tuesday, September 20, 2016-Sunday, January 7, 2017
Gallery Hours: Tu-Sa 10am-5pm
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OPENING RECEPTION: Monday, September 19, 6 PM
Artist Tour + Reception: Wednesday, September 28, 6 PM
Sundays at the Gallery: Sunday, November 6, 12 NOON
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Presented by: The Cooper Gallery
Admission: Free and open to the public
Exhibition dates: Tuesday, September 20, 2016-Sunday, January 7, 2017
Gallery Hours: Tu-Sa 10 AM-5 PM
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OPENING RECEPTION: Monday, September 19, 6 PM
Artist Tour + Reception: Wednesday, September 28, 6 PM
Sundays at the Gallery: Sunday, November 6, 12 NOON
Artist Roundtable: Monday, December 5, 4 PM
Winter Open House: Saturday, January 7, 2017, all day... Read more about Carrie Mae Weems: I once knew a girl...

Presented by: Mather House and Drs. Arthur Barsky, Christie McDonald and Michael Rosengarten; Elaine Dong
Admission: Free. Harvard ID required to access the gallery; members of the public should ask the security guard in the building manager’s office to gain entrance.
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Presented by: Mather House and Drs. Arthur Barsky, Christie McDonald and Michael Rosengarten; Elaine Dong
Admission: Free. Harvard ID required to access the gallery; members of the public should ask the security guard in the building manager’s office to gain entrance.
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