Current Exhibitions
January 31, 2013—June 1, 2013
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
A brilliant display of some 150 objects from the Persian cultural sphere, including fine ceramics, illustrated manuscripts, drawings, and lacquerware.
January 31, 2013—June 1, 2013
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Teaching Galleries
This two-part installation accompanies a Harvard undergraduate course that examines the defining moments in the development of modern European and American art from the 18th through the 20th century.
This two-part installation accompanies a Harvard undergraduate course that examines the defining moments in the development of modern European and American art from the 18th through the 20th century.
January 31, 2013—June 1, 2013
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Teaching Galleries
Comprised of installation photographs, working plans, and art objects, these works present case studies from a material history of avant-garde exhibition design practices from the 1920s to midcentury.
Comprised of installation photographs, working plans, and art objects, these works present case studies from a material history of avant-garde exhibition design practices from the 1920s to midcentury.
January 31, 2013—June 1, 2013
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Teaching Galleries
This installation is related to a Harvard graduate seminar in which students will explore technologies of visual experience—tools, materials, and procedures that have altered practices of looking throughout history.
This installation is related to a Harvard graduate seminar in which students will explore technologies of visual experience—tools, materials, and procedures that have altered practices of looking throughout history.
January 31, 2013—June 1, 2013
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Teaching Galleries
This installation accompanies a Harvard graduate seminar that explores the “voice” in Chinese paintings from the 11th through the 18th century.
This installation accompanies a Harvard graduate seminar that explores the “voice” in Chinese paintings from the 11th through the 18th century.
May 12, 2012—June 1, 2013
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Re-View: Thematic Installation
This gallery rotation presents a small selection of later East Asian paintings that feature popular botanical themes and symbols, complemented by an array of ceramics with similar motifs.
October 21, 2011—June 1, 2013
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Re-View: Thematic Installation
Combining art-historical and scientific analyses, this installation examines key examples of Harvard’s Islamic and pre-Islamic metalwork from the 4th through the 14th centuries.
September 13, 2008—June 1, 2013
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
An overview of objects drawn from the collections of the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Arthur M. Sackler museums, including American, Latin American, European, Islamic, and Asian art from antiquity to the present.