Harvard Art Museums

Discover the experimental methods of Edvard Munch, who creatively explored materials and techniques across media

Celebrate the opening of our Munch exhibition by hearing from the exhibition organizers and specialists from the Munchmuseet, Oslo.

In honor of International Women’s Day, this seminar will look at paintings of Mary, or Maryam, from India and Iran, and why they were popular.

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

Join us for Second Saturdays Story Time, where local librarians read stories in the galleries!

Join us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition, on view through July 27, 2025.

Join us for a screening of Art for Everybody, which focuses on the darker side of painter Thomas Kinkade, followed by a conversation.

Jieyan Wang ’25 will explore representations of flowers in the history of art and related issues of symbolism, materiality, and abstraction.

Join Liz Lerman and Paloma McGregor for a conversation and screening highlighting aspects of a work-in-progress dance-based public artwork.

Explore some of the secrets of 17th-century Dutch painting, with artist Nard Kwast, in this special daylong session.

Hannah Gadway will explore the intersection of art and law, particularly how the law has served to protect artists, art, and collectors.

Join Marie Prunières to learn more about the photographic tapestries of Ivorian artist Joana Choumali, in this talk given in French.

Milen Negasi and Hanna Carney will explore the theme of glory through the works of three Black American artists.

We encourage visitors to our exhibition Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking to attend a film about the artist at the Harvard Film Archive.

Join us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition, on view through July 27, 2025.

Join staff as they discuss and activate this experimental device from 1930 by László Moholy-Nagy, a Bauhaus pioneer.