| | This year, occasions that bring and bind us together have been interrupted due to the pandemic. Yet art has the enduring ability to provide solace and inspiration, reminding us of our shared humanity even in unsettling times. Chief curator Soyoung Lee invites you join her online on November 20 in an Art Study Center Seminar to discuss the significance of objects used in communal rituals commemorating major life events. This seminar is free and open to everyone, but registration is required.
This week on Harvard Art Museums from Home: |
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| ART TALK In a new installment from the Art Talk video series, take a closer look at how touch can reveal more about a small Greek sculpture and how it relates to another work in the collections. |
| ARCHIVES “In 1904, the London firm C. Roberson advertised in the Daily Mail that ‘We require [a] mummy for making colour.’” Read to find out what that curious statement is all about. |
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| SEMINAR Join chief curator Soyoung Lee online Friday, November 20 to contemplate the symbolisms and practices of rituals through a selection of objects from the collections. |
| CREATURE FEATURE Recently, we hosted the first program in a new family-friendly series called Creature Features. If you missed it, check out this recording to explore sirens and merpeople across the collections. |
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| COLLECTIONS Get into the spirit with this chilling Pinterest board featuring favorite images from our collections that remind us of this spooky holiday. |
| EVENTS Bookmark our events page, which is constantly updated with everything from Student Guide Tours, to Art Talks, to special events. Public events are free and open to everyone! |
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While you’re at it: Check out Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead Celebration 2020 online at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology! |
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Water-moon Avalokiteshvara (Suwŏl Kwanŭm), Korean, Koryŏ dynasty, 14th century. Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold pigment on silk. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943.57.12. |
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