History of Harvard Arts Museums Exhibitions

 

The Busch-Reisinger Museum through Nine Decades 

September 28, 1991–December 1, 1991, Busch-Reisinger Museum 

 

 

Rembrandt: A Selection of his Works 

October 18, 1984–December 11, 1984, Fogg Art Museum

 

 

In Memoriam: Gian Lorenzo Bernini 

August 1, 1980–October 15, 1980, Fogg Art Museum 

 

 

Early Science at Harvard 

December 18, 1969–February 1, 1970, Fogg Art Museum 

 

 

Master Bronzes from the Classical World 

December 4, 1967–January 23, 1968, Fogg Art Museum/ March, 1968–April 13, 1968, City Art

Museum of St. Louis/ May 8, 1968–June 30, 1968, Los Angeles County Museum of Art 

 

 

Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965] Given and Bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts 

November 15, 1965–January 15, 1966, Fogg Art Museum 

 

 

Auguste Rodin: An Exhibition of Sculptures and Drawings 

October 21-November 20, 1964, Fogg Art Museum

 

Sculpture from the Kingdom of Benin 

April 13, 1937–April 29, 1937, Fogg Art Museum 

 

 

Portraits of Julius Caesar, the Scott Collection of Casts 

January 1, 1904–December 31, 1904, Fogg Art Museum 

 

 

Ingres and Degas: Two Classical Draughtsmen 

April 24, 1961–May 20, 1961, Fogg Art Museum 

 

 




Iskandar Meets the Angel Israfil and Khizr Finds the Water of Life (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art

January 31- June 1, 2013

 

The special exhibition included over 150 works form the Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art. The largely unknown collection includes glazed ceramics, manuscripts and lacquerware. 




Mark Rothko's Harvard Murals

November 16, 2014- July 26, 2015



"Featuring 38 works from 1961–62, including the murals and many of the artist’s related studies on paper and canvas, the exhibition also explores Rothko’s creative process. A sixth mural painted for the commission—brought to Cambridge by Rothko but ultimately not installed—will be presented publicly for the first time. Many of the works on paper contain relevant sketches on their reverse, which will be displayed during the second half of the exhibition beginning in March 2015. The studies on canvas provide perspective on Rothko’s process as he worked from small to large scale.



This new presentation of Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals features innovative, noninvasive digital projection as a conservation approach. The exhibition returns this mural series to public view and scholarship while also encouraging study and debate of the technology."

 


Doris Salcedo, A Flor de Piel, 2013 (detail). Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. G. David Thompson, in memory of his son, G. David Thompson, Jr., Class of 1958, by exchange; purchase through the generosity of Elaine Levin in honor of Mary Schneider Enriquez; and purchase through the generosity of Deborah and Martin Hale, 2014.133. © Doris Salcedo. Photo: Joerg Lohse; courtesy of the artist and Alexander and Bonin, New York.


Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning 

November 4, 2016- April 9, 2017

 

 Harvard Art Museum debuted Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning in its special exhibition gallery. The exhibition marked the contemporary art departments ever growing collection and assessment of global conditions. Salcedo's work focuses on victims of political violence in her hometown of Bogotá, Colombia. 

 

Maruyama Ōkyo, Peacock and Peonies, Japanese, Edo period, 1768. Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk. Promised gift of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg, TL42147.17. Photo: John Tsantes and Neil Greentree; © Robert Feinberg.

Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection.

February 14-July 26, 2020

In the Fall of 2013, the Museum received a gift of Japanese works from the Edo and Meiji period from the collection of Robert and Betsy Feinberg. The gift of Edo period works later contributed to the 2020 exhibition Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection.



 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

History of Harvard Art Museums (Timeline)

  1891  Gift given by Mrs. Elizabeth Fogg in memory of her deceased husband to build an art museum in his name.   1895 Opening of the Fogg Museum as a teaching facility for art scholars, curators and museum professionals.    1897  Professors George Bartlett, Kuno Francke, and Hugo K. Schilling publish the pamphlet, “The Need of a Germanic Museum at Harvard.” 1901 November 10—the birthday of Martin Luther and Friedrich Schiller—marks the dedication of the Germanic Museum in Rogers Gymnasium (pictured). Kuno Francke is named curator. At the time of the dedication, the Germanic Museum was the only museum in North America to be dedicated to the arts of Central and Northern Europe.   1910 Adolphus Busch donates $265,000 for the construction of a new building. A design is commissioned from German Bestelmeyer of Dresden, who also built the Reichsschulden-verwaltung building, Berlin (1921–23) and was a proponent of Nazi architecture. 1921 After delays due to W...
Read more

Harvard Art Museums Report: The Origin Story

Image
  Harvard Art Museums' Names + Origins Zak Kish-DeGiulio Harvard Art Museums Timeline Research: Sandro Capo Chichi Design: Kéla Jackson Harvard Art Museums  Mission + Oversight Kéla Jackson + Sandro Capo Chichi " The Harvard Art Museums—the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum—advance knowledge about and appreciation of art and art museums. The museums are committed to preserving, documenting, presenting, interpreting, and strengthening the collections and resources in their care." " Through research, teaching, professional training, and public education, the museums strive to advance the understanding and appreciation of art. Programs encourage close looking at original works of art, collaboration with campus and community partners, and the production of new scholarship." The Harvard Art Museums, originally the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur Sackler Museum, demonstrate a portion of Harvard's expa...
Read more

Museum Funds

Image
  Funding: The Harvard Art Museums are generally supported through various types of gifts, Friends Circle, Fellows, and Corporate Friends. While much of the internal budget and funding resources remain private, there is extensive information available through press releases that indicate major donors and funding circles from with the Museums derive support. The Museum is also supported by the Mass Arts Council quite broadly.    The press releases indicate that there are many extant funding sources within the Harvard University system as well as within the Harvard Art Museums budgets for exhibitions and programming. Exhibitions have been funded by the Provostial Fund in the Arts and Humanities as well as other endowed funds of which Library and Museums received about 4 percent of total endowment spends. The many different sources of funding within the Museums mark the original institutions as some of the funding is still designated to the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger or the Sackl...
Read more