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Harvard Art Museums from Home
Experience the Harvard Art Museums from home as we spotlight new stories about our collections and revisit some old favorites.

The Botany of a Buddhist Sculpture: Hinoki Cypress and Prince Shōtoku at Age Two
Get up close with the extraordinary sculpture Prince Shōtoku at Age Two and discover new insights gained from collaborative research with the Arnold Arboretum.

Voices from the Collections: Photographer Mariette Pathy Allen in Conversation with Curator Makeda Best
Curator Makeda Best speaks with photographer Mariette Pathy Allen about her artistic process and her groundbreaking portfolio on crossdressers.
Art Talk: Picturing the Modern Home—Lucia Moholy’s Bauhaus Living Room
Learn about the historically overlooked role Lucia Moholy played in promoting a Bauhaus vision of modern living.

Art Talk: Feeling Funny—Picasso in 1918
With supreme economy and enviable elegance, Pablo Picasso’s Pierrot speaks about the purpose of art in a time of crisis.

Designing Painting Edo
Go behind the scenes with lead designer Elie Glyn as he reveals how traditional and modern Japanese aesthetics inspired the unique built environment of the Painting Edo exhibition.

Troubling Images: Curating Collections of Historical Photographs
Curators discuss how to approach photography collections that depict colonial violence, racist stereotypes, or other difficult imagery.

Art Talk: The Scary Truth about Ancient Sirens
What makes sirens so scary? Join archaeologist Frances Gallart Marqués as she explores the hybridity and fluidity of these ancient creatures through their depictions in Greco-Roman objects.

Authorship Rediscovered: New Evidence about Harvard’s Pair of Renaissance Terracotta Busts
Art historian Felipe Pereda and conservator Tony Sigel propose new evidence to identify the sitters and the sculptor for a pair of unusual Renaissance terracotta busts.

Art Talk: Setting the Fans Afloat
Learn about the creative process behind the unique display of Japanese fans in the special exhibition Painting Edo.