Virtual Student Guide Tours
Spring calendar from the Harvard Art Museums
Students choose 3 objects from the collection and share their explorations with the public as part of the Student Guide leadership program.
Free. No pre-registration required. 30 minutes with opportunity for discussion.
Virtual Student Guide Tours take place every Thursday at 8pm and every Saturday at 11am on Zoom. Each tour is unique and offers a chance to explore the collections of the Harvard Art Museums through the eyes of a Harvard student. Drop in and join the conversation!
Virtual Student Guide Tour: Red, Yellow, and Blue, with Adam Sella
To quote artist Mel Bochner, “Color is what color does.” In this tour, Adam Sella ’22 explores the action of red, yellow, and blue in three works of art. For red, it’s a panel from Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals (1962); for yellow, the painting A Nayika and Her Lover (c. 1660–70) by an unknown artist from India; and for blue, Pablo Picasso’s Blue period painting Mother and Child (c. 1901). Taking our Forbes Pigment Collection as a springboard, the tour also looks at the material basis of these colors, their history, and their power to stir emotions.
This interactive tour will take place online via Zoom. To join, click the following link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/91843726888 (free admission; no pre-registration required).
Saturday, March 20 | 11-11:30am
Virtual Student Guide Tour: Design by Decay, with Mei Tercek
Mei Tercek ’21 explores works that are shaped by decay and generated through destruction. This interactive tour looks closely at the beauty that remains in the wake of decay in the Thai sculpture The Standing Buddha (7th–8th century), the bronze Daphne (1930) by sculptor Renée Sintenis, and the painting Legno e Rosso 3 (1956) by Alberto Burri.
This interactive tour will take place online via Zoom. To join, click the following link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/91600713151 (free admission; no pre-registration required).