Events for May 18, 2023

Artwork by Leah Sobsey for “In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers: An Exploration of Change and Loss” exhibition, Harvard Museum of Natural History, Digitized cyanotype Artwork by Leah Sobsey for “In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers: An Exploration of Change and Loss” exhibition, Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cyanotype on glass with 23K gold In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers: An […]

A new installation of sculptures by Mexican-born artist Bosco Sodi, Origen, places 14 of the artist’s handmade clay spheres at the Harvard Art Museums and marks the first-ever presentation of art on the museums’ outdoor Broadway terrace. In a first for a U.S. installation of the artist’s work, Sodi has also unveiled three gold-glazed spheres […]

  The Harvard Art Museums will offer free admission to all visitors on Thursday, May 18, in celebration of International Museum Day, organized by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). Take in the beauty of the Calderwood Courtyard before exploring three levels of magnificent art from around the world and across the centuries. Check out […]

  This event requires registration; see further details below. Join the staff of the Harvard Art Museums Archives for a look into the experiences of women who worked and studied at the museums between 1920 and 1990. Drawing on documents, photographs, and oral history recordings, this talk will explore the Fogg Museum’s and Busch-Reisinger Museum’s […]

Join curatorial fellow Talitha Maria G. Schepers for an interactive talk that explores why 17th-century Dutch artists decided to draw female nudes from life, the conventions they broke while doing so, and why they used blue paper. The talk will focus on a recent installation of Dutch drawings in the 17th-Century Dutch and Flemish Art […]

  ArtsThursday Thursday, April 27, 2023 5pm-9pm Stop by the Carpenter Center between 5pm and 9pm on Thursday, April 27th for our ArtsThursday late night hours!   Opening Reception and Open Studios Friday, April 28, 2023 5:00pm-7:00pm Stop by the CCVA on Friday, April 28, between 5pm and 7pm for the Opening Reception of the […]