Gallery Talk: Susan Meiselas’s 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA

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Harvard Art Museums

Free

Portrait of a young couple smiling casually on a bed in a carpeted room beside a desk and chair.

Join curatorial fellow Madison Brown to explore the relationships between photographic portraiture, private life, and self-presentation.

No application or registration needed.

Cost

This Event is free!

Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the gallery talk. Talks are limited to 18 people and are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.

Location

  • In-person only.

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

Neighborhood

Neighborhood 9

Dates and Times

Friday, January 31 12:30PM – 1PM

Additional information

Photographer Susan Meiselas’ 1971 photo series provides an intimate look into individual rooms in the Cambridge, MA boarding house where she lived and the diverse lives of the other tenants who lived there. Join Robinson Family Curatorial Fellow Madison Brown for a close look at these portraits and a conversation exploring who we are behind closed doors and how we present ourselves in front of the camera.

Free

Portrait of a young couple smiling casually on a bed in a carpeted room beside a desk and chair.

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Last updated January 6, 2025.