Spotlight Tour: Fabrics of Art, with Varya Lyapneva ’26

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Harvard Art Museums

Free

In this photomontage, a young woman with blonde hair stands in front of a green backdrop gesturing toward a sculpture that appears to float. The sculpture represents a standing ballerina with an upturned nose.

Varya Lyapneva ’26 will explore the role of fabric in the history of painting and sculpture, looking closely at three works.

No application or registration needed.

Cost

This Event is free!

Please check in with museum staff at the Admissions desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the tour. Tours 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

Saturday, March 8 11AM – 11:50AM

Additional information

On this tour, Varya Lyapneva ’26 will explore the role of fabric in the history of art, looking closely at three works. They are Red and Pink (1925), a painting commissioned from Georgia O’Keeffe by the Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company; Edgar Degas’s Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen (1880), a sculpture that radically incorporates diverse materials, including a real tulle skirt; and a Persian garden carpet (18th century) made of cotton and wool.

Free

In this photomontage, a young woman with blonde hair stands in front of a green backdrop gesturing toward a sculpture that appears to float. The sculpture represents a standing ballerina with an upturned nose.
Saturday, March 8 11AM – 11:50AM
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Harvard Art Museums

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Last updated February 18, 2025.