Annual Student Lecture: Rosana Paulino

This event encourages but does not require registration; see further details below.

Join us for this year’s Annual Student Lecture, featuring internationally acclaimed artist Rosana Paulino in conversation with curatorial fellow Madeline Murphy Turner and Harvard graduate student Luci Williams.

Paulino’s work centers around social, ethnic, and gender issues, with a focus on the experiences of Black women in Brazil and the types of violence they suffer due to racism and the lasting legacy of slavery. Her artistic practice examines the ways historical narratives shape contemporary identities and incorporates myth, memory, and image reconstruction to challenge inherited colonial structures.

Her work has been featured in prominent exhibitions worldwide, including the 59th International Venice Biennale, Afro-Atlantic Histories at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the 35th Bienal de São Paulo. Her recent solo exhibitions include Novas Raízes at the Casa Museu Eva Klabin, Rio de Janeiro (2024) and Amefricana at the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) (2024).

Paulino’s watercolor drawing Untitled from Jatobá series (2022), recently acquired by the Harvard Art Museums, will be on view in Gallery 1120, as part of the installation Drawn to Earth: Contemporary Art and Environment in the Americas, from April 12 to October 5, 2025.

Following the lecture, guests are invited to visit the installation.

The Harvard Art Museums Annual Student Lecture highlights a contemporary BIPOC artist who is creatively addressing issues of national, global, and cultural relevance.

Speakers:
Rosana Paulino, Artist
Madeline Murphy Turner, Emily Rauh Pulitzer Curatorial Fellow in Contemporary Drawings, Harvard Art Museums
Luci Williams, Ph.D. student, History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University

Free admission, but seating is limited and registration is encouraged. You can register by clicking on the event on this form, beginning Saturday, April 26, at 10am.

The lecture will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Please enter the museums via the entrance on 480 Broadway. Doors will open at 5:30pm.

This lecture will be recorded and made available for online viewing; check back shortly after the event for the link to view.

Limited complimentary parking is available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge.

The Harvard Art Museums offer free admission every day, Tuesday through Sunday. Please see the museum visit page to learn about our general policies for visiting the museums.

Co-sponsored by the Harvard Art Museums and Harvard University’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.

The Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance. Please include the name and date of the program in the subject line of your email.