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    01/31/13- 06/01/13

    In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art Presented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum January 31-June 1, 2013 This special exhibition showcases some 150 works from the Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art. Largely unpublished and little known, the collection includes important objects from the Persian cultural sphere, such as luxury glazed ceramics of the early Islamic era, illustrated manuscripts of medieval epic poems, and lacquerware of the early modern era. Among the manuscripts are folios of the Shahnama, by Firdawsi, and the Khamsa, by Nizami. The accompanying...

    09/13/08- Ongoing

    Re-View Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Re-View Presented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum September 13, 2008 - Ongoing This survey features a selection of over 600 objects drawn from the collections of the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Arthur M. Sackler museums that reflects the diversity and richness of the Harvard Art Museums' holdings. Well-known objects are included alongside rarely displayed works in thematic gallery spaces: European and American art since 1900 is on the first floor, Islamic and Asian art is on the second floor, and the fourth floor features Western art from antiquity to the turn of the...

• • Upcoming Events

    06/01/13

    Afternoon with the Director Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Afternoon with the Director Presented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum June 1, 2013 Please join us for our second annual Afternoon with the Director, when we will share the latest progress on the Art Museums’ renovation and expansion project. After an hourlong illustrated presentation we will enjoy a lively reception in the garden at nearby Adolphus Busch Hall. Free to members, $15 for nonmembers. Space is limited and registration is required. Email ...

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• Current Events

  01/31/13- 06/01/13

  In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art Presented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum January 31-June 1, 2013 This special exhibition showcases some 150 works from the Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art. Largely unpublished and little known, the collection includes important objects from the Persian cultural sphere, such as luxury glazed ceramics of the early Islamic era, illustrated manuscripts of medieval epic poems, and lacquerware of the early modern era. Among the manuscripts are folios of the Shahnama, by Firdawsi, and the Khamsa, by Nizami. The accompanying...

  09/13/08- Ongoing

  Re-View Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Re-View Presented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum September 13, 2008 - Ongoing This survey features a selection of over 600 objects drawn from the collections of the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Arthur M. Sackler museums that reflects the diversity and richness of the Harvard Art Museums' holdings. Well-known objects are included alongside rarely displayed works in thematic gallery spaces: European and American art since 1900 is on the first floor, Islamic and Asian art is on the second floor, and the fourth floor features Western art from antiquity to the turn of the...

• Upcoming Events

  06/01/13

  Afternoon with the Director Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Afternoon with the Director Presented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum June 1, 2013 Please join us for our second annual Afternoon with the Director, when we will share the latest progress on the Art Museums’ renovation and expansion project. After an hourlong illustrated presentation we will enjoy a lively reception in the garden at nearby Adolphus Busch Hall. Free to members, $15 for nonmembers. Space is limited and registration is required. Email ...

Past
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• Past Events

  05/18/13	Free Admission to the Harvard Art Museums on Art Museum Day, May 18, 2013 Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  05/17/13	Day Trip: Western Massachusetts Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  05/04/13	Physical Matter: Three Perspectives Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  04/23/13	ArtisTalk: Doris Salcedo Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  04/12/13- 04/13/13	Painting beyond Itself: The Medium in the Post-Medium Condition Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  04/06/13	Wax Works Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  04/03/13	ArtisTalk: Ann Hamilton Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  03/27/13	From the Laboratory to the Gallery: The Conservation and Technical Study of Islamic Art Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  03/20/13	In-Sight Evening: Preparing for the New Harvard Art Museums Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  03/14/13	New Digs and Discoveries at Sardis in Turkey Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  03/07/13	Kings, Emperors, Gods: What Coins Tell Us about Sardis Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  03/05/13	Stories from the Shahnama: The Persian Book of Kings Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  03/02/13	The Question of Skill Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  02/27/13	Influence and History: Blue-and-White Chinese Ceramics with Michelle Erickson Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  02/06/13	“With Quite Different Eyes”: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  02/06/13	Knotholes, Textures, Grains: The "Language of Wood" in Modern Art Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  02/02/13	Professional Development Workshop for Middle and High School Educators Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  01/30/13	Opening Lecture and Reception: In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  12/15/12	Figuring Absence: The Waning of the Body in Contemporary Art Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  12/05/12	People Everyday: The Vantage of Kerry James Marshall Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  12/04/12	ArtisTalk: Katharina Sieverding Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  11/07/12	Carving Out Tradition: Wood as Artistic Material Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  11/03/12	Eminence and Notoriety: Celebrity Portraits in 18th-Century France Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  10/24/12	ArtisTalk: Kerry James Marshall Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  10/20/12	Artist Response: Steve Locke Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  10/10/12	In-Sight Evening: Preparing for the New Harvard Art Museums Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  09/22/12	Drawing on Strength: Recent Acquisitions of European Drawings Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  09/22/12	Material and Immaterial Aspects of Color Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  09/20/12	Images of the Doomed City: The Last Days of Pompeii in the Visual Imagination Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  09/19/12	Ritual and Technology in Chinese Ceremonial Weapons Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  08/25/12	Cosmopolitan Crosscurrents in a Safavid Painting Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  08/11/12	Jasper Johns and Conceptual Art Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  07/19/12	Day Trip: Prints and Drawings at Yale University Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  07/14/12	The Portrait Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  06/30/12	Cultivating Virtue: Botanical Motifs in East Asian Art Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  06/09/12	Member Event: Members' Afternoon with the Director Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  06/09/12	Images of Christian Devotion Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  05/23/12	Opening Lecture and Reception: Jasper Johns / In Press: The Crosshatch Works and the Logic of Print Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  05/22/12	Jasper Johns / In Press: Student Voices Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  05/22/12	Jasper Johns / In Press: Student Voices Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  05/19/12	Lyonel Feininger: Photographs Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  05/17/12	Day Trip: American Art, Glass, and Gardens on Cape Cod Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  05/02/12	In-Sight Evenings: Looking Deeper and Differently: Lyonel Feininger: Photographs Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  04/26/12	New Views on Roman Gold Coins Found in Britain Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  04/18/12	Feininger in the Darkroom Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  04/10/12	ArtisTalk: Todd Hido Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  04/07/12	Lyonel Feininger: Drawings and Watercolors Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  04/04/12	Winslow Homer’s Pitching Quoits Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  03/22/12	Elusive Originals: Greek Bronze Statues and Roman Marble Copies Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  03/20/12	ArtisTalk: Laurie Simmons Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  03/14/12	Revealing Histories: Multiple Perspectives on Islamic Metalwork Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  03/10/12	The Bronze Age: Bronze as a Material from Antiquity to the Early 20th Century Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  02/28/12	ArtisTalk: Vera Lutter Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  02/25/12	Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Photography Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  02/15/12	In-Sight Evenings: Looking Deeper and Differently: Doris Salcedo Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  02/04/12	Selections for Review: A New Installation of Western Art at the Harvard Art Museums Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  02/01/12	Learning from Bode Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  12/20/11	Teaching in the Art Museum: An Evening with the Authors Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  12/14/11	In-Sight Evenings: Looking Deeper and Differently: Taking Dürer Out of the Box Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  12/10/11	Exhibition Tour with Daniel Zolli Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  12/10/11	Painting Out of the Wall Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  12/09/11	Exhibition Tour with Marisa Mandabach Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  12/07/11	Visualizing Medical Concepts Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  12/02/11	Exhibition Tour with Marisa Mandabach Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  12/02/11	Exhibition Tour with Chris Barrett Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  12/02/11- 12/03/11	Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe (Two-day symposium) Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  12/02/11	Exhibition Tour with Daniel Zolli and Aaron Wile Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  11/29/11	ArtisTalk: Mark Dion Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  11/26/11	Exhibition Tour with Daniel Zolli Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  11/19/11	Measuring the World: Creating and Using Scientific Instruments Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  11/18/11	"The Wolf Knife": Film Screening and Discussion Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  11/18/11	Exhibition Tour with Chris Barrett Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  11/16/11	Artistic Visions, Scientific Truths Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  11/12/11	Exhibition Tour with Susan Dackerman Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  11/09/11	Charting the Heavens and Telling Time Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  11/05/11	Unsealed: Interpreting Marks and Inscriptions on East Asian Works of Art Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  11/03/11	The Evolution of Metal-on-Metal Inlay in 12th–13th-century Islamic Metalwork Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  11/01/11	ArtisTalk: Tim Rollins Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  10/27/11- 10/29/11	Vasari/500: Envisioning New Directions in Vasari Studies (Three-day symposium) Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  10/22/11	Family Day: Mapping the Natural World Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  10/18/11	ArtisTalk: Gary Schneider Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  10/15/11	Josiah McElheny’s "Island Universe" Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  10/14/11	Exhibition Tour with Susan Dackerman Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  10/06/11	From Georgian to Modern: Architecture and Landscape in Lincoln (Day Trip) Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  09/24/11	Family Day: Printmaking and the Art of Observation Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  09/21/11	In-Sight Evenings: Looking Deeper and Differently: Standing Buddha Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  09/17/11	Artful Diplomacy: Korean Envoys and the Exchange of Painting Styles in East Asia Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  09/16/11	Exhibition Tour with Chris Barrett Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  09/10/11	Exhibition Tour with Susan Dackerman Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  09/06/11	Opening: Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  09/04/11	The Decline of Western Civilization Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  07/22/11	Art along the North Shore (day trip) Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  06/25/11	Caves in the Museum: Recontextualizing Chinese Buddhist Sculpture Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  06/04/11	Mobilizing Bodies in 18th-Century French Art Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  05/14/11	Adding to the Mix: New Acquisitions and Perspectives on Modern and Contemporary Art Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  05/11/11	Max Beckmann - In-Sight Evenings: Looking Deeper and Differently Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  04/29/11- 04/30/11	Sculpture and Coins: Margarete Bieber as Scholar and Collector Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  04/28/11	Misplaced Objects? Things from Other Harvard Collections in the Arthur M. Sackler Museum Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  04/16/11	The German Archaeologist and Art Historian Margarete Bieber (1879–1978) and Her Coin Collection Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  04/07/11	The Design of Humayun’s Tomb-Garden Complex in Delhi: Spatial Logic and Landscape Linkages Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum