FALL 1998 GALLERY TALKS PRESENTED AT HARVARD ART MUSEUMS
Contact: Kate McShea Ewen, (617) 495-2397
Released: August 10, 1998
Gallery talks take place at the Fogg Art Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum (both at 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge) and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum (485 Broadway, Cambridge). All talks are free to the public with the price of Art Museums' admission ($5.00; $4.00 senior citizens; $3.00 non-Harvard students; free under 18, on Wednesdays, Saturday mornings, and to Harvard affiliates). Hearing assists are available for gallery talks; arrangements should be made beforehand by phoning (617) 495-8286. To request a sign language interpreter, the public should call (617) 495-2397 using Massachusetts Telephone Relay Service 1-800-439-2370 three weeks in advance of the gallery talk. Gallery talks through December 1998 include the following:
Saturday, September 5, 11:30 a.m., Busch-Reisinger Museum, free
Exhibition tour: exhibition German Marks: Postwar Drawings and
Prints Donated to the Busch-Reisinger Museum through the German
Art Dealers Association
with Emilie Norris, assistant curator, Busch-Reisinger Museum.
Sunday, September 6, 2:00 p.m., Busch-Reisinger Museum, $5; $4 senior;
$3 students; free under 18
Exhibition tour: German Marks: Postwar Drawings and Prints Donated
to the Busch-Reisinger Museum through the German Art Dealers Association
with Emilie Norris, assistant curator, Busch-Reisinger Museum.
Saturday, September 12, 11:30 a.m., Arthur M. Sackler Museum, free
Exhibition tour: Touchstone: 200 Years of Artists' Lithographs
with Marjorie B. Cohn, Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints.
Saturday, September 26, 11:30 a.m., Fogg Art Museum, free
Permanent collection tour: "Impressionist and Post-Impressionist
Masterpieces: The Maurice Wertheim Collection", with Lana
Branton, Art Museums Docent.
Sunday, October 4, 2:00 p.m., Fogg Art Museum, $5; $4 senior; $3 students;
free under 18
Exhibition tour: Behind the Line: The Materials and Techniques
of Old Master Drawings
with Edward Saywell, John S. Newberry Research Assistant, Department
of Drawings and exhibition curator.
Saturday, October 24, 11:30 a.m., Fogg Art Museum, free
Exhibition tour: Behind the Line: The Materials and Techniques
of Old Master Drawings
with Miriam Stewart, assistant curator of drawings.
Sunday, October 25, 2:00 p.m., Arthur M. Sackler Museum, $5; $4 senior;
$3 students; free under 18
Exhibition tour: Touchstone: 200 Years of Artists' Lithographs
with Marjorie B. Cohn, Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints.
Sunday, November 1, 2:00 p.m., Fogg Art Museum, $5; $4 senior; $3
students; free under 18
Exhibition tour: Behind the Line: The Materials and Techniques
of Old Master Drawings
with James Harper, 1998-99 Lynn and Philip A. Straus Intern, Department
of Drawings.
Saturday, November 7, 11:30 a.m., Fogg Art Museum, free
Exhibition tour: Prints and Privileges: Regulating the Printed
Image in Sixteenth-Century Italy
with Ada Polla, concentrator in History of Art and Architecture, Harvard
class of '99 and participant in the curator Lisa Pon's Junior Tutorial
linked with the exhibition.
Sunday, November 8, 2:00 p.m., Busch-Reisinger Museum, $5; $4 seniors;
$3 students; free under 18
Exhibition tour: A Laboratory of Modernity: Image and Society in
the Weimar Republic
with Christine Mehring, Ph.D. canidate, Department of History of Art
and Architecture.
Saturday, November 14, 11:30 a.m., Fogg Art Museum, free
Exhibition tour: Behind the Line: The Materials and Techniques
of Old Master Drawings
with Miriam Stewart, assistant curator of drawings.
Saturday, November 21, 11:30 a.m., Fogg Art Museum, free
Permanent collection tour: "Impressionist and Post-Impressionist
Masterpieces: The Maurice Wertheim Collection", with Lana
Branton, Art Museums Docent.
Sunday, November 22, 2:00 p.m., Fogg Art Museum, $5; $4 senior; $3
students; free under 18
Exhibition tour: Behind the Line: The Materials and Techniques
of Old Master Drawings
with James Harper, 1998-99 Lynn and Philip A. Straus Intern, Department
of Drawings.
Saturday, November 28, 11:30 a.m., Arthur M. Sackler Museum, free
Exhibition tour: Symbol and Substance: The Elaine Ehrenkranz Collection
of Japanese Lacquer Boxes
with Anne Rose Kitagawa, assistant curator of Japanese art and exhibition
curator.
Saturday, November 28, 2:00 p.m., Busch-Reisinger Museum, $5; $4 seniors;
$3 students; free under 18
Exhibition tour: A Laboratory of Modernity: Image and Society in
the Weimar Republic
with Graham Bader, Ph.D. canidate, Department of History of Art and
Architecture.
Sunday, November 29, 2:00 p.m., Busch-Reisinger Museum, $5; $4 seniors;
$3 students; free under 18
Exhibition tour: A Laboratory of Modernity: Image and Society in
the Weimar Republic
with Graham Bader, Ph.D. canidate, Department of History of Art and
Architecture.
Saturday, December 5, 11:30 a.m., Fogg Art Museum, free
Exhibition tour: Prints and Privileges: Regulating the Printed
Image in Sixteenth-Century Italy
with Irene Cervantes, concentrator in History of Art and Architecture,
Harvard class of '99 and participant in the curator Lisa Pon's Junior
Tutorial linked with the exhibition.
Saturday December 5, 2:00 p.m., Busch-Reisinger Museum, $5; $4 seniors;
$3 students; free under 18
Exhibition tour: A Laboratory of Modernity: Image and Society in
the Weimar Republic
with Sarah Miller, Werner and Maren Otto Curatorial Intern,
Busch-Reisinger Museum.
Sunday, December 6, 2:00 p.m., Fogg Art Museum, $5; $4 senior; $3
students; free under 18
Exhibition tour: Behind the Line: The Materials and Techniques
of Old Master Drawings
with Edward Saywell, John S. Newberry Research Assistant, Department
of Drawings and exhibition curator.
Saturday, December 12, 11:30 a.m., Fogg Art Museum, free
Exhibition tour: Prints and Privileges: Regulating the Printed
Image in Sixteenth-Century Italy
with Alexis Goodman, concentrator in History of Art and Architecture,
Harvard class of '99 and participant in the curator Lisa Pon's Junior
Tutorial linked with the exhibition.
Sunday, December 13, 2:00 p.m., Arthur M. Sackler Museum, $5; $4 senior;
$3 students; free under 18
Exhibition tour: Symbol and Substance: The Elaine Ehrenkranz Collection
of Japanese Lacquer Boxes
with Anne Rose Kitagawa, assistant curator of Japanese art and exhibition
curator.
Sunday, December 20, 2:00 p.m., Busch-Reisinger Museum, $5; $4 seniors;
$3 students; free under 18
Exhibition tour: A Laboratory of Modernity: Image and Society in
the Weimar Republic
with Tawney Becker, curatorial assistant, Busch-Reisinger Museum.
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The Harvard University Art Museums' facilities are wheelchair accessible. For general information, please call (617) 495-9400. For press information or photographs, please contact Kate McShea Ewen at (617) 495-2397. For more information on events, please contact the Friends, Fellows, and Special Programs Office at (617) 495-4544. World Wide Web: www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.
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The Harvard University Art Museums comprise three museums (Busch-Reisinger Museum, Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum), all located on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, MA, at the intersection of Quincy Street and Broadway, adjacent to Harvard Yard. The Art Museums are open Monday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., and Sunday 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Closed holidays. Admission is $5.00; $4.00 for senior citizens; $3.00 for students; free under 18 and to all on Saturday mornings and all day on Wednesdays. For special tour reservations, please call (617) 496-8576. General tours are offered Monday through Friday from September through June; Wednesdays only in July and August. The Fogg tour is at 11:00 a.m.; the Busch-Reisinger tour is at 1:00 p.m.; and the Sackler is at 2:00 p.m. The Harvard University Art Museums is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
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