 |  | This month, you are invited to a four-part online series examining art museums and the legacies of the Dutch slave trade. Kicking off Friday, April 9, the series includes renowned writer Jamaica Kincaid and groundbreaking visual artist Rosana Paulino, among others. The series is presented in partnership with the Center for Netherlandish Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Harvard’s Department of History of Art and Architecture.
With spring upon us, unleash your inner poet by writing a haiku inspired by the trees and flowers of Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum and those in our exhibition Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection—then submit your poem to us!
All events are free and open to everyone. We look forward to seeing you online! |
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 | Archaeologist Sarah Eisen will explore how pigs and wild boar challenged ancient Greek heroes like Odysseus and Herakles (Hercules), on Saturday, April 3. |
 | On Monday, April 5, spend an evening on Zoom with Joy Harjo, U.S. poet laureate. Presented with the Harvard University Native American Program. |
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 | Dive into the French Revolution and hear the untold story of revolutionary and printmaker Émira Sergent-Marceau in our next Art Talk, on Tuesday, April 6. |
 | In the latest episode of A Closer Look, we talk to director of safety and security Nilton Barbosa about leadership skills, the importance of collaboration, and peaceful moments after-hours in the museums. |
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 | Join us online Wednesday, April 7 for the biennial lecture on research and discoveries at Sardis, the excavation site of one of the great ancient cities of western Turkey. |
 | On Friday, April 9, we kick off a series on art and the legacies of the Dutch slave trade and how museums are seeking to tell a fuller story. This series runs through April 23. |
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 | In a talk on Wednesday, April 14, learn about Kano Sansetsu, one of Japan’s most important and influential early modern painters. |
 | On Friday, April 16, explore Otto Piene’s sketchbooks—a visual archive of over seven decades of artistic practice—and how these “portable studios” act as a generative site for visual thinking. |
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 | Continuing the popular Art Talks series, on Tuesday, April 20, discover what a technical examination of garment fragments and a burial shroud can teach us about how ancient Egyptian textiles were made. |
 | On Tuesday, April 27 Dorothea Rockburne will discuss her artistic practice with drawings curator Joachim Homann and Jennifer Taback of Bowdoin College. |
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Image (header): Jamaica Kincaid, Rosana Paulino (Photo: Celso Andrade), and Cheryl Finley (Photo: Gediyon Kifle). |
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