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Gallery Talk: Disrupt the View

A photograph of two porcelain sculptures, one a figural sculpture and the other an abstract sculpture.
Polymnia, c. 1744–45, a Meissen porcelain figurine from the collection of the Busch-Reisinger Museum beside Arlene Shechet’s Sexy Baby Eyes, 2012; © Arlene Shechet. Image courtesy of the artist.

Gallery Talk

In-Person
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

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

In her installation Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums, on view through July 6, 2025, contemporary sculptor Arlene Shechet presents her recent work alongside historical German, Japanese, and Chinese porcelain objects from the Harvard Art Museums collections.

Join curator Lynette Roth as she talks about Shechet’s artistic process, her collaborations with German porcelain manufactory workers, and how the artist recontextualized these remarkable objects to speak to the larger history of labor, class, and global trade.

Led by:
Lynette Roth, Daimler Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art

Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the gallery talk. Space is limited, and talks are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.

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.

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.