A recent installation asks how and why artists in the Americas today utilize the practice of drawing to address topics of land, territory, ecological crisis, and our own relationship as humans to the other-than-human world.
Our galleries are ever-changing, with new installations occurring each month throughout the museums. This spring, explore newly installed art, including these three dynamic and captivating works.
By Tara Metal
Curatorial fellow Peter Murphy sheds light on a recent installation he curated featuring works by German artist Katharina Sieverding.
By Peter Murphy
Our galleries are ever-changing, with new installations occurring each month throughout the museums. This fall, we’re welcoming rarely seen works of art into our galleries and celebrating diverse materials and styles.
By Tara Metal
Two staff members from our Division of Academic and Public Programs discuss how the museums foster museum literacy and a sense of welcome among student visitors.
By Jen Thum, Sarah Lieberman
Upon director Martha Tedeschi’s departure after eight years of leadership, gifts of art were made in her honor.
By Jennifer Aubin
Looking for inspiration for your next visit? In this series, we highlight three recently installed objects in our permanent collections galleries.
By Tara Metal
In her print series Carving Out Time, LaToya Hobbs references works by seven Black American artists; Harvard graduate student Nora Rosengarten shares a reading list for visitors to learn more about the artists that inspire Hobbs.
By Nora M. Rosengarten
When Harvard introduced art history into the American academic curriculum in 1874, by way of Charles Eliot Norton, John Ruskin’s scholarship and teaching provided the model. This is the first of two articles about the foundation of art history as a discipline in the United States.
By Marjorie B. Cohn
German expressionist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff included a clay pipe bowl (Ki-kuet pue) from the Bamum Kingdom (modern-day Republic of Cameroon) in his painting. How did this object become part of his private collection?
By Clemens Ottenhausen
Why is there a ❤️ on an ancient Roman wall painting fragment? Former graduate student intern Vivian Jin takes a deeper look at a series of objects at the museums that trace the symbolic evolution of the heart symbol.
By Vivian Jin
