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Seeing in Art and Medicine: A Conversation

A bright red, rectangular ceramic relief with horizontal and vertical impressions on the surface.
Rosemarie Trockel, German, Shutter (c), 2006. Stoneware with red glaze. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Wilhelm Winterstein, 2006.236. © Rosemarie Trockel/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Lecture

In-Person
Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, Enter at Broadway for evening programs

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

Join us for a lively conversation about the exhibition Seeing in Art and Medicine and the museums’ medical humanities program that inspired it. Presenters include the program’s founders, Hyewon Hyun and David Odo, and exhibition curator Jen Thum. The talk will also include interactive segments based on the work of the program.

Seeing in Art and Medicine, on view from September 2 to December 30, 2023, invites visitors to consider the medical program’s themes of narrative, objectivity, embodiment, empathy, power, ambiguity, and care through works from across the collections. Explore big human questions and try your hand at close-looking activities in an interactive setting.

Speakers:
Hyewon Hyun, Program Director, Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine (JPNM) Residency, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
David Odo, Director, Georgia Museum of Art (former Director of Academic and Public Programs, Harvard Art Museums)
Jen Thum, Associate Director of Academic Engagement and Campus Partnerships and Research Curator, Harvard Art Museums

Before the discussion, guests are invited to visit the exhibition on Level 3.

Free admission, but seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The lecture will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Doors will open for seating 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 are now offering 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 Seeing in Art and Medicine is provided by the José Soriano Fund, the Gurel Student Exhibition Fund, and the Annemarie Henle Pope Special Exhibitions Fund. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund and the Richard L. Menschel Endowment Fund.

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.