Henry Inman, American, [Tah-Col-o-Quoit] (Rising Cloud), Asakiwaki/Sauk Warrior; representative of the Sauk and Fox coalition, c. 1832–34. Oil on canvas. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Gift of the heirs of E. P. Tileston and Amor Hollingsworth, 1882, TL42072.3.
Matthew Rogan and Amy Brauer will explore what can be revealed by looking closely at small-scale ancient Greek and Roman art.
Margaretha Adriaensdr. de Heer, Dutch, Still Life of Flowers and Small Animals on a Ledge, 1642. Watercolor, gouache, and black chalk on parchment. The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Promised gift, 7.2019.15.
Join museum staff for a fresh look at objects in the collections through the lens of various topics.
Edward Moran, American, Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, 1865. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Suzanne and Terrence Murray in honor of President Drew Gilpin Faust, 2018.229.
Harvard undergraduates lead these thematic tours typically focused on three objects in our collections.
Darrel Ellis, Untitled (Please Stay Home Tonight, Please Stay Home Today), c. 1981–85. Graphite, pen, ink, and ink wash on paper. Courtesy of Candice Madey, New York. Photo: Adam Reich.
Join Harvard Art Museums curator Makeda Best for a tour of Please Stay Home at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts.
László Moholy-Nagy, American, Light Prop for an Electric Stage (Light-Space Modulator), 1930. Aluminum, steel, nickel-plated brass, other metals, plastic, wood, and electric motor. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, BR56.5.
Harvard undergraduates lead these thematic tours typically focused on three objects in our collections.
Fra Angelico, Italian, Christ on the Cross, the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, and Cardinal Torquemada, c. 1453–54. Tempera on panel. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Hervey E. Wetzel Bequest Fund, 1921.34.
Harvard undergraduates lead these thematic tours typically focused on three objects in our collections.
Darrel Ellis, Untitled (Please Stay Home Tonight, Please Stay Home Today), c. 1981–85. Graphite, pen, ink, and ink wash on paper. Courtesy of Candice Madey, New York. Photo: Adam Reich.
Join Dr. Gavin Whitelaw, Executive Director of the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, in reexamining Grippo’s conceptual sculpture.
Artist active in present-day Bolivia or Peru, Our Lady of Guadalupe of Extremadura, 18th century. Oil and silver on canvas. Collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma, TL42430.6.
Sarah Eisen will explore what can be revealed by looking closely at small-scale ancient Greek and Roman art.
Darrel Ellis, Untitled (Please Stay Home Tonight, Please Stay Home Today), c. 1981–85. Graphite, pen, ink, and ink wash on paper. Courtesy of Candice Madey, New York. Photo: Adam Reich.
Join us for a discussion between Ramos and curator Mary Schneider Enriquez, following an off-site reception and tour of Ramos’s exhibition.
László Moholy-Nagy, American, Light Prop for an Electric Stage (Light-Space Modulator), 1930. Aluminum, steel, nickel-plated brass, other metals, plastic, wood, and electric motor. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, BR56.5.
Explore Sintenis’s self-portraits and the artist’s work around questions of sexual identity and women’s rights in 1920s Berlin.
Artist active in present-day Bolivia or Peru, Our Lady of Guadalupe of Extremadura, 18th century. Oil and silver on canvas. Collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma, TL42430.6.
Harvard undergraduates lead these thematic tours typically focused on three objects in our collections.
Badawi Ahmed Abu Bakr, Egyptian, Workers at Samaria-Sebaste, July 30, 1909. Gelatin silver print. Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, A.290, TL42461.7.
Join us for the Sardis Biennial Lecture, with field director Nicholas D. Cahill sharing recent excavations and discoveries.
Darrel Ellis, Untitled (Please Stay Home Tonight, Please Stay Home Today), c. 1981–85. Graphite, pen, ink, and ink wash on paper. Courtesy of Candice Madey, New York. Photo: Adam Reich.
Harvard undergraduates lead these thematic tours typically focused on three objects in our collections.
Artist active in present-day Bolivia or Peru, Our Lady of Guadalupe of Extremadura, 18th century. Oil and silver on canvas. Collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma, TL42430.6.
Harvard undergraduates lead these thematic tours typically focused on three objects in our collections.
Darrel Ellis, Untitled (Please Stay Home Tonight, Please Stay Home Today), c. 1981–85. Graphite, pen, ink, and ink wash on paper. Courtesy of Candice Madey, New York. Photo: Adam Reich.
Harvard undergraduates lead these thematic tours typically focused on three objects in our collections.
Simeon Soumaine, American, Sugar dish, c. 1750. Silver. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Pollack Collection, Gift of Daniel A. Pollack A.B. ’60 and Susan F. Pollack A.B. ’64, 2020.200.
Caitlin Clerkin will explore what can be revealed by looking closely at small-scale ancient Greek and Roman art.
László Moholy-Nagy, American, Light Prop for an Electric Stage (Light-Space Modulator), 1930. Aluminum, steel, nickel-plated brass, other metals, plastic, wood, and electric motor. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, BR56.5.
Amy Brauer and Caitlin Clerkin will explore what can be revealed by looking closely at small-scale ancient Greek and Roman art.
Simeon Soumaine, American, Sugar dish, c. 1750. Silver. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Pollack Collection, Gift of Daniel A. Pollack A.B. ’60 and Susan F. Pollack A.B. ’64, 2020.200.
Join us for a tour of the special exhibition From the Andes to the Caribbean, with associate curator Horace D. Ballard.
László Moholy-Nagy, American, Light Prop for an Electric Stage (Light-Space Modulator), 1930. Aluminum, steel, nickel-plated brass, other metals, plastic, wood, and electric motor. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, BR56.5.
Join staff as they discuss and activate this experimental device from 1930 by László Moholy-Nagy, a Bauhaus pioneer.
Artist active in present-day Bolivia or Peru, Our Lady of Guadalupe of Extremadura, 18th century. Oil and silver on canvas. Collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma, TL42430.6.
Join us for a guided look at works of art in the special exhibition From the Andes to the Caribbean, with associate curator Horace D. Ballard.
Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, Dutch, Seated Female Nude (Study for Venus), c. 1650. Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper. The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gift of George S. Abrams in appreciation of William Robinson’s services as curator of drawings, 1988–2013, 2013.170.
We’re keeping our doors open late for an evening of art, fun, food, and more!
Frederic Edwin Church, American, Our Banner in the Sky, 1861. Oil over lithograph on paper, laid down on cardboard. Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1992.27.
Join curator Horace D. Ballard as he discusses an iconic 19th-century American painting, on loan from the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Artist active in present-day Bolivia or Peru, Our Lady of Guadalupe of Extremadura, 18th century. Oil and silver on canvas. Collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma, TL42430.6.
Join us for a tour of the special exhibition From the Andes to the Caribbean, with associate curator Horace D. Ballard.
Frederic Edwin Church, American, Our Banner in the Sky, 1861. Oil over lithograph on paper, laid down on cardboard. Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1992.27.