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Gallery Talk: Paintings in Residence—Works from the Terra Foundation for American Art

A large vertical canvas depicts a busy river port with people unloading barrels of oil and cotton bales from various ships.
Samuel Colman, American, Ships Unloading, New York, 1868. Oil on canvas mounted on board. Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1984.4, TL42458.2. Image courtesy of the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Gallery Talk

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

This event requires a reservation; see further details below.

The Harvard Art Museums are among a group of academic museums participating in the Terra Foundation for American Art’s Collection-in-Residence Program. Each institution will host significant works of art loaned by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Over the next four years, the Harvard Art Museums will display, research, and create exciting programs around these works, including an investigation of their material histories.

Led by:
Kimia Shahi, Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History, University of Southern California, and Kernan Brothers Environmental Fellow, Harvard University Center for the Environment

Gallery talks are limited to 18 people, and it is required that you reserve your place. At 10am the day of the talk, reservations will open and may be arranged online through this form. The gallery talk reservation will also serve as your general museum reservation. If required, visitors will pay the museum admission fee upon arrival.

Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk.

Please visit the museum visit page to learn about our general policies for visiting the museums.

The Terra Foundation for American Art, established in 1978 and having offices in Chicago and Paris, supports organizations and individuals locally and globally with the aim of fostering intercultural dialogues and encouraging transformative practices that expand narratives of American art, through the foundation’s grant program, collection, and initiatives. Find more information about the Terra Foundation for American Art on Instagram @terraamericanart, Facebook @TerraAmericanArt, and Twitter @TerraAmArt.

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.

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