ART MUSEUMS TO PRESENT LECTURE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPECIAL EXHIBITION
Released: May 28, 1998
The Harvard University Art Museums is pleased to present a lecture entitled Gardens for the Soul: Persian, Indian, and Turkish Paintings from the Collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan on Tuesday, June 16 at 5:30 p.m. in Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall. The lecture, given by Stuart Cary Welch, curator emeritus, Department of Islamic and Later Indian Art, will be presented in conjunction with the special exhibition Princes, Poets and Paladins: Islamic and Indian Paintings from the Collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan. The Sackler Museum is located at 485 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The lecture is free and open to the public. Complimentary parking is available at the Broadway Garage on Felton Street, between Cambridge Street and Broadway. The lecture hall is wheelchair accessible. Hearing assists are available; please make arrangements beforehand by phoning the Visitor Services Department at (617) 495-8286.
Princes, Poets and Paladins: Islamic and Indian Paintings from the Collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan is at the Sackler Museum through August 9, 1998. One hundred forty-six paintings and manuscripts are on display that range in date from the fourteenth to the early twentieth century and come from Iran, Turkey and India. Many of the paintings are illustrations from manuscripts produced by teams of scribes, illuminators, gilders, painters, binders and their assistants. Also included are portraits and depictions of animals, plants and scenes from daily life, which were placed in albums of painting and calligraphy.
The Sackler Museum is the only North American venue to host Princes, Poets and Paladins, which was organized by the British Museum and is accompanied by a catalogue written by the exhibition curator, Sheila R. Canby, assistant keeper, Department of Oriental Antiquities. The exhibition is organized at the Art Museums by Mary McWilliams, associate curator, and Rochelle Kessler, assistant curator, in the Department of Islamic and Later Indian Art. The presentation of Princes, Poets and Paladins at the Art Museums is funded by an anonymous donor, the Hazen Polsky Foundation, Inc., and the Jose Soriano Fund.
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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 on Saturday mornings. 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. -end