Art Museums
New Sculpture at the Harvard Art Museums
Visitors of the Harvard Art Museums sit below the new sculpture, “Triangle Constellation,” by Carlos Amorales, which has been on display since last Friday, April 17 above the Calderwood Courtyard at the Harvard Art Museums on Monday afternoon. The piece was commissioned by the museums’ Art in Public Spaces initiative and explores the representation of sound with 16 aluminum triangles of various sizes.
MFA Celebrates Japanese Culture with New Exhibits
To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Department of Asian Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, the museum has planned a tribute to Japanese culture with an extensive, season-long event. "Hokusai" and "In the Wake"—two vastly different exhibitions—kick off this exploration of Asian art.
Marin Alsop
Marin Alsop is a rarity in the world of conductors. In a profession long associated with and dominated by European men, she’s an American and she’s a she. She is also the music director of the Baltimore Symphony and the first conductor to win the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship (often dubbed a “Genius Grant”).
Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin" Close-Up
A close-up of Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin" in the Harvard Art Museums.
Portrait of the Artist: Behind Van Gogh's 'Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin'
Whatever it is that accounts for the particular allure of Van Gogh’s “Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin” at the Harvard Art Museums, there’s no denying that it is a hard painting to forget. But many visitors may not know is that the painting has a history with richness to match: a ruined friendship, a missing museum, a Nazi art auction. This is that story.
Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin"
Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin" in the Harvard Art Museums.
Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait" Auctioned in 1939
Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin" is auctioned at Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, in 1939.
Khandekar Named Director of Art Museums' Straus Center
Khandekar, who first came to the Harvard Art Museums in 2001, brings a scientific background to the position.
Lentz steps down
Thomas W. Lentz, director of the Harvard Art Museums, visited the Fogg Museum during its renovation in 2013. Lentz will step down from his position this summer.
Henri Matisse Lecture
Senior Conservator of the Museum of Modern Art in New York Karl Buchberg speaks about the conservation of Henri Matisse's "The Swimming Pool" in Menschel Hall at the Harvard Art Museum on Thursday evening.
Director of Harvard Art Museums To Step Down This Summer
Appointed director of the Harvard Art Museums in 2003, Lentz oversaw the six-year-long renovation and integration of the Museums, which reopened last fall.
