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Monday, May 20, 2013 - 09:19
Gregory Nagy shares how studying the classics can give you a better understanding of humanism.
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Friday, May 17, 2013 - 18:08
Written by Lisa Trever, Tyler Fellow in Pre-Columbian Studies PhD in History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University The Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives (ICFA) at Dumbarton Oaks is the new home of the Christopher B. Donnan and Donna McClelland Moche Archive, 1968–2010. The archive was given to the institution by Dr. Donnan, professor emeritus of … Continue reading »
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Friday, May 17, 2013 - 13:58
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 13:58
Louise Nevelson’s steel sculpture, Night Wall I (1972), had stood outside Harvard’s Pound Hall for 25 years, and it showed. Last year, Harvard Art Museums conservators decided it was time to repair the damage the outdoor elements had caused, and we are pleased to report that it returned to its home this past February. Full story
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 14:15
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 14:15
How do you curate a space that doesn’t exist yet?Enlist Boston model maker Architectural Illusions to create three floors of gallery space in miniature, all to scale.Equip the walls to hold magnetic maquettes (small models of artworks) that let curators add, remove, and shift works of art from one space to another with ease.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 15:39
Stephen Dupont, an award-winning photographer who traveled repeatedly to Papua New Guinea as a Robert Gardner Fellow, is displaying his works showing the intersection of traditional Papuan life and the industrialized world in a new exhibit at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 12:36
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 12:36
One final New England winter stands between the closing of the current Arthur M. Sackler Museum galleries at the end of regular hours on June 1, and the opening of our renovated facility in the fall of 2014. Full story
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 11:15
It’s just about cicada time here on the East Coast, when millions (billions?) of these strange, noisy creatures will make their way up through the dirt, looking for love. They’ve been waiting down there in wingless nymph form, feeding on...
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Monday, May 13, 2013 - 10:51
Monday, May 13, 2013 - 10:51
In honor of the centenary of Joseph Pulitzer Jr.’s birth on May 13, 1913, we asked Marjorie B. Cohn, author of Classic Modern: The Art Worlds of Joseph Pulitzer Jr., to share a highlight of her findings. Full Story
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Friday, May 10, 2013 - 17:13
Written by Laurian Douthett, former Archivist Assistant Edited by Rona Razon and Beth Bayley Thomas Whittemore passed away over half a century ago, but traces of his presence can still be found in archival collections, articles, fictional books, and films. Whittemore led a sprawling sort of life – he was the kind of man who … Continue reading »
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Friday, May 10, 2013 - 17:13
Written by Rona Razon, Archivist Edited by Beth Bayley, Archivist Assistant Thomas Whittemore’s professional goals had many manifestations, from meeting notes, to gorgeous colored pencil drawings in notebooks, and to oversize watercolor paintings of saints and religious scenes. We are truly excited to be able to share these images and records with researchers. One of … Continue reading »
Stephen Dupont, an award-winning photographer who traveled repeatedly to Papua New Guinea as a Robert Gardner Fellow, is displaying his works showing the intersection of traditional Papuan life and the industrialized world in a new exhibit at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.