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Photo: Rebecca Leopoldina Torres
Summer Spotlight Tour
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join Harvard students in the Ho Family Student Guide Program on a thematic tour of a few works on view in our galleries.

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, Reverse side of Two Lawyers, c. 1865. Oil on panel. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection, 2021.186.
Gallery Talk: Marks, Stamps, and Tags—Visible Traces of Provenance in the Solomon Collection
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Exhibition curator Casey Monahan will discuss the visible traces of ownership seen on works from the Solomon Collection, currently on view.

Edvard Munch, Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones), 1906–8. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection, 2023.551.
Exhibition Tour: Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition, on view through July 27, 2025.

Ren Yi 任頤, Kingfisher over a Lotus Pond, late 19th century. Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art, 2000.233.
Gallery Talk: Meaning Makers
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Yan Yang will discuss a new installation of East Asian art that focuses on symbolism and wordplay.

Keshav Das (painter), Mir ‘Ali Haravi (calligrapher), Album page with Painting of a Seated Woman and Calligraphy, album: early 17th century; painting: c. 1590–1600; calligraphy: c. 1535–45. Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Adrienne Rubel Mohrig, 2023.503.
Gallery Talk: A Universal Vision—Creative Synthesis of European Prints and Indian Paintings at the Mughal Court
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Discover how Mughal painters combined European models with Indian meanings to appeal to a culturally and religiously diverse audience.

Photo: Jarvis Subia
Second Saturdays Story Time
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for Second Saturdays Story Time, where local librarians read stories in the galleries!

Photo: Rebecca Leopoldina Torres
Summer Spotlight Tour
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join Harvard students in the Ho Family Student Guide Program on a thematic tour of a few works on view in our galleries.

Photo: Caitlin Cunningham
Summer Spotlight Tour
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join Harvard students in the Ho Family Student Guide Program on a thematic tour of a few works on view in our galleries.

Jacques de Gheyn II, Dutch, The Return from the Flight into Egypt, c. 1592. Engraving on off-white antique laid paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection, 2021.286.
Gallery Talk: Print Perfect—Dutch Printmaking in the 1590s
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join curatorial fellow Susanne Bartels for a close look at Dutch prints in the exhibition The Solomon Collection: Dürer to Degas and Beyond.

Edvard Munch, Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones), 1899, printed c. 1917. Woodcut, from one carved block (birch wood), sawn into three pieces, printed in four colors with hand coloring (watercolor and oil paint) on cream wove paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection, 2023.600.
Gallery Talk: Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join a Straus Center conservator in a discussion about techniques and materials in a selection of works featured in our special exhibition.

Jules Olitski, April Dream, Lavender and Black, 2003. Opaque watercolor on heavy weight white wove paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection, 2021.233. © 2024 Jules Olitski Art Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
Exhibition Tour: The Solomon Collection: From Dürer to Degas and Beyond
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for a tour of our special exhibition The Solomon Collection: Dürer to Degas and Beyond, led by an exhibition curator.

Photo: Lauren McMahon
Materials Lab Workshop: Kitchen Lithography
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street , Cambridge, MA
Learn how to make a lithographic print using materials from your kitchen.

Photo: Caitlin Cunningham
Summer Spotlight Tour
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join Harvard students in the Ho Family Student Guide Program on a thematic tour of a few works on view in our galleries.

Photo: Rebecca Leopoldina Torres
Summer Spotlight Tour
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join Harvard students in the Ho Family Student Guide Program on a thematic tour of a few works on view in our galleries.

Edvard Munch, Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones), 1906–8. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection, 2023.551.
Exhibition Tour: Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition, on view through July 27, 2025.

Jules Olitski, April Dream, Lavender and Black, 2003. Opaque watercolor on heavyweight white wove paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection, 2021.233. © 2024 Jules Olitski Art Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
Gallery Talk: “With Love, Jules”—The Paintings of Jules Olitski in the Solomon Collection
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Discover the work of abstract painter Jules Olitski and learn about his friendship with museum benefactors Arthur and Marny Solomon.

Edvard Munch, Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones), 1906–8. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection, 2023.551.
Exhibition Tour: Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition, on view through July 27, 2025.

Summer Spotlight Tour
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join Harvard students in the Ho Family Student Guide Program on a thematic tour of a few works on view in our galleries.

Summer Spotlight Tour
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join Harvard students in the Ho Family Student Guide Program on a thematic tour of a few works on view in our galleries.

Jules Olitski, April Dream, Lavender and Black, 2003. Opaque watercolor on heavy weight white wove paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection, 2021.233. © 2024 Jules Olitski Art Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
Exhibition Tour: The Solomon Collection: From Dürer to Degas and Beyond
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for a tour of our special exhibition The Solomon Collection: Dürer to Degas and Beyond, led by an exhibition curator.

Photo: Caitlin Cunningham Photography
Harvard Art Museums at Night
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA,
We’re keeping our doors open late for an evening of art, fun, food, and more!

Kenneth Noland, Karma, 1964. PVA paint on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Kenneth Noland, 1965.22. © Kenneth Noland Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Gallery Talk: Conserving Karma
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join paintings conservator Ellen Davis for a talk about the history and conservation of Kenneth Noland’s Karma (1964), which is now on view.

Photo: Rebecca Leopoldina Torres
Summer Spotlight Tour
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join Harvard students in the Ho Family Student Guide Program on a thematic tour of a few works on view in our galleries.

Summer Spotlight Tour
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join Harvard students in the Ho Family Student Guide Program on a thematic tour of a few works on view in our galleries.

After Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Why Born Enslaved!, original 1868, cast before 1972. Painted plaster. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection, 2021.224.
Gallery Talk: Beneath the Surface of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s Why Born Enslaved!
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for a conversation about the restoration of a painted plaster version of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s sculpture Why Born Enslaved!

Photo: Jarvis Subia
Second Saturdays Story Time
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for Second Saturdays Story Time, where local librarians read stories in the galleries!

Photo: Rebecca Leopoldina Torres
Summer Spotlight Tour
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join Harvard students in the Ho Family Student Guide Program on a thematic tour of a few works on view in our galleries.

Photo: Caitlin Cunningham
Summer Spotlight Tour
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join Harvard students in the Ho Family Student Guide Program on a thematic tour of a few works on view in our galleries.

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, Reverse side of Two Lawyers, c. 1865. Oil on panel. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection, 2021.186.
Gallery Talk: Marks, Stamps, and Tags—Visible Traces of Provenance in the Solomon Collection
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Exhibition curator Casey Monahan will discuss the visible traces of ownership seen on works from the Solomon Collection, currently on view.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Saint Roch as a Pilgrim, c. 1730. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943.123.
Gallery Talk: Gray Area—Compassion and Companionship
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Dig deeper into the timeless tale of Saint Roch and his faithful dog.

Matsumura Keibun 松村景文, Painted Lantern, first half 19th century. Wood frame; ink and color on silk. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg, 2022.447.
Gallery Talk: Meaning Makers
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Yan Yang will discuss a new installation of East Asian art that focuses on symbolism and wordplay.

Photo: Caitlin Cunningham Photography
Harvard Art Museums at Night
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA,
We’re keeping our doors open late for an evening of art, fun, food, and more!

© Susan Young Photography
Harvard Student After Hours
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Harvard students! Head to the museums to kick off the school year with art, fun, food, friends, and more.

Photo: Jarvis Subia
Second Saturdays Story Time
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for Second Saturdays Story Time, where local librarians read stories in the galleries!

Photo: Caitlin Cunningham Photography
Harvard Art Museums at Night
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA,
We’re keeping our doors open late for an evening of art, fun, food, and more!

Exterior view, Adolphus Busch Hall, Busch-Reisinger Museum, undated. Photographs of the Harvard Art Museums (HC 22), folder 3.125. Harvard Art Museums, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
A Stroll through History at the Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums
29 Kirkland Street and 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Curious about our historical spaces and hidden gems? Join us for a walking tour that includes three historical spaces at the museums.

Photo: Jarvis Subia
Second Saturdays Story Time
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for Second Saturdays Story Time, where local librarians read stories in the galleries!

William Michael Harnett, Profile Portrait of a Girl, 1881. Charcoal with touches of white chalk on buff wove paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs, 1965.120.
Exhibition Tour: Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition, on view from September 12, 2025 through January 18, 2026.

Georges Pierre Seurat, Woman Seated by an Easel, c. 1884–88. Conté crayon on beige wove paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest from the Collection of Maurice Wertheim, Class of 1906, 1951.70.
Exhibition Tour: Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition, on view from September 12, 2025 through January 18, 2026.

Photo: Jarvis Subia
Second Saturdays Story Time
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for Second Saturdays Story Time, where local librarians read stories in the galleries!

Max Beckmann, Seated Woman Shading Her Face, 1949. Charcoal and black chalk on off-white modern laid paper. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Rathbone, 1998.10.
Exhibition Tour: Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition, on view from September 12, 2025 through January 18, 2026.

Odilon Redon, Chimera, 1880–95. Charcoal on buff wove paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Richard B. Sisson and through the generosity of Anthony and Celeste Meier, 2005.131.
Exhibition Tour: Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition, on view from September 12, 2025 through January 18, 2026.

Erwin Spuler, Untitled (As the Fire Fell from the Sky), c. 1945/6. Black chalk on white wove paper. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Busch-Reisinger Acquisition Fund, 2017.50.
Exhibition Tour: Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition, on view from September 12, 2025 through January 18, 2026.

John Wilson, Violet, 1971. Charcoal and black and white crayon on white wove paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund, 2024.151. © Estate of John Wilson.
Exhibition Tour: Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition, on view from September 12, 2025 through January 18, 2026.

Photo: Jarvis Subia
Second Saturdays Story Time
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for Second Saturdays Story Time, where local librarians read stories in the galleries!
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