In this seminar, Wai Yee Chiong and Penley Knipe, the Philip and Lynn Straus Senior Conservator of Works on Paper and the head of the paper lab, will examine a series of images of the Ten Kings of Hell. These kings are shown delivering judgment on sinners, as the latter journey through the afterlife. Chiong and Knipe will look closely at the format, function, and context in which these works were produced and discuss related conservation projects.

The seminar will take place in the Art Study Center, Level 4.

Free admission, but registration is required. Registration...

This year marks the 500th anniversary of the Church of San Biagio in Montepulciano, Italy, which provided inspiration for the museums’ central Calderwood Courtyard. Please join us in celebrating this special relationship and toasting our members—who today serve as the inspiration for and center of our community of art lovers.

We invite you and a guest to kick off the season with an Italian-themed celebration in the Calderwood Courtyard, complete with light refreshments, a double discount in the shop, and other festivities, including a cash bar. Both you and your guest will be...

Casey Monahan, the Cunningham Curatorial Assistant for the Collection in the Division of European and American Art, will give this gallery talk.

Our galleries are full of stories—this series of drop-in talks gives visitors a chance to hear the best ones! The talks highlight new works on view, take a fresh look at old favorites, investigate artists’ materials and techniques, and reveal the latest discoveries by curators, conservators, fellows, visiting artists, technologists, and other contributors.

Free with museums admission. Gallery talks are limited to 15 people...

하버드 미술관은 전시회 “폭동: 제리코의 작품 세계” (전시기간: 2018년 9월 1일~2019년 1월 6일) 심층 해설을 제공합니다. 이 전시 해설은 제시 박 (루소 큐레토리얼 펠로우)가 진행합니다.

“폭동: 제리코의 작품 세계”전은 30대 초반에 사망했음에도 불구하고 큰 예술적 유산을 남긴 낭만파의 선구자, 테오도르 제리코 (Théodore Géricault, 1791–1824)의 작품들을 다룹니다. 하버드 미술관의 소장품과 보스턴 지역 세 소장자의 대여품으로 이루어진 약 40점의 소묘, 수채화, 석판화 및 회화등 다양한 매체를 통해 사회적, 정치적으로 관여한 작가를 새롭게 선보입니다.

전시 해설 참가비는 입장료에 포함되어 있습니다. 총 15명까지 참여할수 있으며 티켓이 필요합니다. 티켓은 해설 시작 10분 전부터 매표소에서 받으실 수 있습니다.

모이는 장소는 박물관 내의 콜더우드 코드야드(Calderwood Courtyard)에 위치한 디지털 화면 앞 입니다 (미술관 샵과 매표소 사이). 미술관 관계자가 투어 티켓을 회수할 것입니다.

“폭동”전은 카산드라 알빈슨 (...

Celebrate the fall harvest season by feasting with your neighbors! Join the Harvard Ed Portal in collaboration with the Harvard Art Museums and the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, for a special evening inspired by the Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings exhibition, on view at the Harvard Art Museums through January 6, 2019.

Start the night off...

In this seminar, Makeda Best, the Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography, and Laura Panadero, the Craigen W. Bowen Paper Conservation Fellow, will explore how contexts of presentation and additional information about materials and techniques affect the function and interpretation of photographs. 

The seminar will take place in the Art Study Center, Level 4.

Free admission, but registration is required. Registration for this seminar will open on Friday, October 26, 2018, and participants will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis. To register,...

Join us for an in-depth tour of our special exhibition Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings, on view from September 7, 2018 through January 6, 2019. Tours will be given by curators, graduate students, and other experts.

This tour will end with an optional close-up encounter with objects related to the Animal-Shaped Vessels exhibition in the museums’ Art Study Center....

Christina Taylor, assistant paper conservator in the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, will give this gallery talk, in conjunction with the exhibition Mutiny: Works by Géricault.

Our galleries are full of stories—this series of drop-in talks gives visitors a chance to hear the best ones! The talks highlight new works on view, take a fresh look at old favorites, investigate artists’ materials and techniques, and reveal the latest discoveries by...

Corinne Wasmuht (b. 1964) is considered one of the most important German painters of her generation. In this lecture, the artist will discuss her work, from her early naturalistic structures of the late 1980s to more recent large-scale oil paintings, which reflect her interest in digital imagery and the anonymity of public space.

Stephan Berg, director of the Kunstmuseum Bonn, says that Wasmuht’s work “presents a paradox: how does one of the slowest forms of image-making (painting) reveal the speed of the digital age and the collapsing of space under constant acceleration so...

Join us for an architectural tour that will stop on all of the Harvard Art Museums’ public floors, led by Peter Atkinson, director of facilities planning and management. You will hear about the history of the building, which is registered on the National Trust for Historic Preservation, as well as learn more about the concepts behind and execution of our eight-year renovation and expansion project.

Note that this tour will last 60 minutes.

Free admission (this tour takes place during our ...

Silver vessels have been prized possessions in many cultures, both ancient and modern. Some of the most elaborate vessels in the Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings exhibition are fashioned from silver. What makes this material attractive for artists, and what makes drinking from silver vessels pleasant to the palate? Which intangible qualities have promoted the material’s...

This program addresses these tangible aspects of retirement planning:

•    understanding Social Security and Medicare and how these coordinate with Harvard’s post-retirement benefits
•    income planning and paying yourself in retirement.

Click here to register. 

This webinar covers basic rules of thumb to help you improve your financial live. It is designed for anyone who wants to get on track with finances. 

Sponsored by Vanguard, one of Harvard's retirement plan companies, and open to all Harvard faculty and staff. Please register online.

This webinar covers basic rules of thumb to help you improve your financial live. It is designed for anyone who wants to get on track with finances. 

Sponsored by Vanguard, one of Harvard's retirement plan companies, and open to all Harvard faculty and staff. Please register online.