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Gallery Talk: Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking

A black woodcut print on brown board shows a vaguely discernible couple embracing while engaging in a kiss.
Edvard Munch, The Kiss III, 1898, printed c. 1916. Woodcut printed in two colors on cream Asian paper, mounted to orange paper board. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection, 2023.591.

Gallery Talk

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

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

Join us for a focused discussion by Ph.D. candidate Kacper Kolęda about a group of four related but distinct prints by Edvard Munch titled The Kiss, The Kiss I, The Kiss III, and The Kiss IV, on view in the special exhibition Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking (March 7–July 27, 2025). A dynamic collaboration between curatorial and conservation experts, the exhibition offers rare insight into Munch’s innovative techniques and the recurring themes across his paintings, woodcuts, lithographs, etchings, and combination prints.

Led by:
Kacper Kolęda, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University

Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the gallery talk. Talks are limited to 18 people and 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.

Support for this exhibition is provided by the Melvin R. Seiden and Janine Luke Fund for Publications and Exhibitions, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the Lois and George de Menil Curatorial Research Fund, and the Care of the Busch-Reisinger Museum Collection Endowment. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund.

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