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Opening Celebration: Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and KingsThursday, September 6, 5–9pm Join us for a lecture and festive reception in celebration of our new special exhibition, which presents a stunning range of elaborate animal-shaped vessels that span continents and millennia. University of Chicago’s Michael Dietler will deliver the lecture “Liquid Material Culture: Anthropological Explorations of Alcohol and Drinking Vessels.” All galleries will remain open until 9pm. More | |
Now on View: Ancient Vessels, Géricault, and Adam and EveThe Animal-Shaped Vesselsexhibition opens Friday, September 7, thanks in large part to a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. In our University Galleries, works by the Romantic period’s most influential artist, Théodore Géricault, will be on display in Mutiny: Works by Géricault. Another installation focuses on how various artists, including Dürer, Rembrandt, and Munch, have depicted Adam and Eve. | |
Time is Now: Photography and Social Change in James Baldwin’s AmericaOpening Thursday, September 13 This exhibition, inspired by the life and works of James Baldwin, marks the continuation of an ongoing collaboration between the Harvard Art Museums and the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. More | |
Free Admission DaysWelcome back to a new academic year! We wanted to remind you that we always offer free admission for all students, youth under 18, and Cambridge residents. Check our Plan Your Visit page for more info on these and other admission discounts. Animal-Shaped Vessels: In recognition of the generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, we're offering free admission to all visitors on Wednesday afternoons, 1–5pm, and on the first Saturday of each month, 10am–5pm, throughout the run of the show. See the calendar for specific dates. | |
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Teresita Fernández: WayfindingThursday September 20, 6–7:30pm In connection with her public installation in Harvard Yard this fall, Autumn (. . . Nothing Personal), Teresita Fernández will discuss her practice and ongoing research for this major commission by the Harvard University Committee on the Arts. More | |
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Art Study Center Seminar: Early Photographs of Japan
Friday, September 28, 11am–Noon David Odo, from the Division of Academic and Public Programs, will examine photographs created during a tumultuous era in 19th-century Japan. More | |
In the PressFollowing a visit to our labs this summer, Simon Schama profiles our pigment collection for The New Yorker. More As our Student Print Rental Collection continues to grow, so does students’ engagement with artists and original works of art. More | |
Visitor InformationOpen daily, 10am–5pm | |
| Also This Month
Join us for regular gallery talks about works of art on view. We’re also offering regular tours of the Animal-Shaped Vessels exhibition, which will be led by curators, graduate students, and other experts. Check the calendar for the full lineup. | |
| Student Guide Tours Join our student guides for in-depth tours focused on objects in our collections, free with admission. Tours run Fridays at 2pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 11am and 3pm. More | |
| Members Tour Members are invited to discover the Harvard Art Museums collections during a special curator-led tour through select galleries, held outside the museums’ public hours. More | |
| Image: (header) Rhyton with the forepart of a stag, Parthian, 1st century BCE–1st century CE. Partially gilded silver, garnet, and glass. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 86.AM.753. Image: Digital image courtesy of the Getty’s Open Content Program. | |
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