Programs

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.

Director’s Message: Spring 2021
Martha Tedeschi talks about our expanding range of virtual programs and digital content for audiences around the corner and across the globe.

Art Talk: A Persian Calligraphic Album
Join curatorial fellow Shiva Mihan as she delves into the artistry and aesthetics of a Persian album of calligraphy.

Art Talk: Girls Will Be Girls
Join curatorial fellow Frances Gallart Marqués as she explores two of her favorite objects in the museums.

Art Talk: Rubens—Brush and Movement
Join Cristina Morilla to discover how technical analysis of Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion reveals the secrets of Rubens’s artistic technique.

Art Talk: Cyanotypes—Art and Science at Home
Conservation scientist Julie Wertz talks about the science and process of cyanotypes, also demonstrating how to make one at home.

Art Talk: The Wood and the Worms
Curatorial fellow Gabriella Szalay explores the intricacies of 15th- and 16th-century carved wooden altarpieces and their vulnerability to time.

Art Talk: Mirror, Mirror—Reflections on the Etruscans and Their Afterlife
Curatorial fellow Frances Gallart Marqués explores a group of ancient bronze mirrors and the enduring legacy of the people who made them.

Art Talk: Max Beckmann’s Self-Portrait in Tuxedo
Curator Lynette Roth examines Max Beckmann’s Self-Portrait in Tuxedo (1927) and the ongoing fascination with this enigmatic painting.

Art Talk: Dan Flavin’s Relief Aquatint Technique
Join Christina Taylor to discover the relief aquatint printing technique that artist Dan Flavin used to create Untitled (Paper Disc).