GALLERY TALK

A Closer Look

Sung Tieu’s works, often made using appropriated or found objects, evoke histories of displacement or erasure. Join curator Natalie Bell from the MIT List Visual Arts Center on Thursday, November 7 for an exploration of Tieu’s sculpture Untitled (Everything or Nothing), which appears in the exhibition Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation.

SPECIAL EVENT

The Art of Mindfulness

Take a break from the chaos of the day on Tuesday, November 5 to join staff from the Harvard Art Museums and Harvard’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning for meditative talks and activities. Each session is about 30 minutes long; feel free to join us for as much or as little as you like.

PERFORMANCE

Dancing Brushstrokes

Join us for an artistic exploration of Indian classical dance with the Anubhava Dance Company on Saturday, November 9, in the Calderwood Courtyard. Delight in multiple forms of Indian art across disciplines, space, and time.

LECTURE

Gardens for All Seasons

In this year’s Norma Jean Calderwood Lecture, happening on Wednesday, November 13, Professor Walter Denny will explore garden imagery on carpets from Islamic lands, especially those featuring the Persian garden design called chahar bagh.

MATERIALS LAB

The Leporello as Portrait

In this workshop on Saturday, November 9, create a portrait in the form of an accordion-folded booklet, inspired by Ulrich Wüst’s Hausbuch (House Book) leporello, on view in the exhibition Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation.

SEMINAR

A Lens on Black Portraiture

Explore the evolution of photography with a focus on portraiture and imaging Blackness, with conservator Tatiana Cole and artist Adam Davis, in this Art Study Center Seminar on Friday, November 15.

SPECIAL EVENT

Authors in Conversation

We encourage visitors to our special exhibition Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation to attend a Goethe-Institut Boston event on Saturday, November 9, featuring authors Nakia Hill and Sharon Dodua Otoo. The pair will discuss approaches to supporting Black authors in Boston and Germany.

PRESS

Best College Art Museums

We are thrilled to be included in the Washington Post’s list of the best college art museums in America! Make sure to plan your visit to see for yourself.