“The Harvard Art Museums stand in solidarity with communities of color in condemning the racial injustice and inequality that has roiled conflict in the nation’s cities in recent days and weeks. The murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor—and so many before them—inspire anger and despair.” Read a message from our director.
This week on Harvard Art Museums from Home: More than three decades after his death, James Baldwin continues to be one of the most influential voices in American cultural criticism. We’re highlighting this Index article written around the 2018 exhibition Time is Now: Photography and Social Change in James Baldwin’s America. In our next Art Study Center Seminar at Home, on Friday, June 19, learn how the discovery of thousands of ancient terracotta figurines near Tanagra, Greece, provided inspiration for 19th-century artists. Tune into the Cambridge Stream Festival on Saturday evening, June 6, for a live art talk by curator Rachel Saunders, on the exhibition Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection. In this video, conservator Susan Costello discusses the complex chemistry of the blue-and-purple glazes of numbered Jun ware, a rare form of Chinese ceramics. Online Ho Family Student Guide Tours are now continuing into June, presented live weekly on Tuesdays at 8pm and Saturdays at 11am. All are welcome! | 