This Week
Two people stand in a gallery looking at a large abstract painting that features a grid of colored squares with black borders.

Reserve your tickets for the Harvard Art Museums and be among the first to experience our new special exhibitions opening in March.  
A person stands in a gallery and looks at a painting in an oval frame. The painting shows three Black females surrounded by yellow flowers.

Tune in for the first online Ho Family Student Guide Tour of the year, on Thursday, February 10, which will honor Black History Month by featuring the work of two renowned Black artists: Kehinde Wiley’s Portrait of Asia-Imani, Gabriella-Esnae, and Kaya Palmer (2020) and Rashid Johnson’s Untitled Broken Crowd (2021).
This assemblage of cut-outs of a black and white photograph shows a naked man with dark skin. The pieces are configured to create the image of a grotesque body. Most prominent are the sitter’s face, turned toward the viewer, and his hands, which appear to be resting on a balustrade

Check out this interview between photography curator Makeda Best and New York–based artist Wardell Milan. The Harvard Art Museums have acquired Milan’s Bill T. Jones (2018), a striking photographic collage of the American dancer, choreographer, director, and author.
A reproduction of a George Washington portrait with an image of an African American man’s face projected onto Washington’s.

EXHIBITION

Debate in Action

“You’re in this black room and the voices are following you around. There’s a bit of chaos to it, a bit of excitement, which I appreciated.” This is how one visitor described Krzysztof Wodiczko: Portrait, on view through April 17. In this provocative installation, video recordings capture voices of students and young people debating democracy, activating the museums’ iconic portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart.
a small bronze sculpture of a man’s head with an intricate cap and tightly coiled jewelry underneath his chin.

The Harvard Art Museums are delighted to partner with the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture to offer a presentation by Sarah Clunis, from Harvard’s Peabody Museum. In a virtual talk on Tuesday, February 15, Clunis will reconsider the history and context of the Benin Bronzes in the care of Harvard. Registration is required.
A small open translucent plastic box a soap bar.

ART TALK LIVE

Action as Composition

Register today for this upcoming virtual Art Talk on Tuesday, February 22. You’ll explore the life and work of composer, bassist, and Fluxus founder Benjamin Patterson.
Between colorful floating letters against a gray background appears the profile of a woman.

If you missed the Art Talk Live event on Zelda Fitzgerald’s watercolors, you’re in luck because in this recording you can take a close look at a group of her bold works.

Index 

Virtual Events

 

Images: (header) Rashid Johnson, American, Untitled Broken Crowd, 2021. Ceramic tile, mirror tile, oyster shells, branded red oak, bronze, spray enamel, oil stick, black soap, wax. Anonymous loan, TL42317. Photo: © Caitlin Cunningham Photography. Kehinde Wiley & Rashid Johnson: Kehinde Wiley, American, Portrait of Asia-Imani, Gabriella-Esnae, and Kaya Palmer, 2020. Oil on linen. The Tim & Danny Art Foundation, TL42289. © Kehinde Wiley. Photo: © Caitlin Cunningham Photography. Voices from the Collections: Wardell Milan, American, Bill T. Jones, 2018. Cut and pasted printed paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs, 2019.169. © Wardell Milan. Courtesy David Nolan Gallery, New York, and Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Debate in Action: Photo: © Zak Jensen. Benin Bronzes in Context: Head of an oba, Edo culture, Benin Kingdom, Nigeria. Bronze copper alloy. Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Gift of Oric Bates, 16-43-50/B1483.






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