SPRING/SUMMER 1999 GALLERY TALKS AT HARVARD ART MUSEUMS

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. Gallery talks through August 1999 include the following:

Sunday, May 2, 2 p.m., Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Exhibition tour: Ellsworth Kelly: The Early Drawings, 1948-1955
with Stuart Steck, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Art History, Boston University.

Saturday, May 8, 11:30 a.m., Fogg Art Museum
Permanent collection tour: Hidden Beauties: Revisiting the Pre-Raphaelites
with Gail Weinberg, independent scholar.

Sunday, May 9, 2 p.m., Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Exhibition tour: Ellsworth Kelly: The Early Drawings, 1948-1955
with Linda Norden, Barbara Lee Associate Curator of Contemporary Art.

Saturday, May 15, 11:30 a.m., Fogg Art Museum
Exhibition tour: Death by Hogarth
with Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell, Philip A. and Lynn Straus Intern, Print Department, and exhibition curator.

Saturday, May 22, 11:30 a.m., Busch-Reisinger Museum
Exhibition tour: Multiple Configurations: Presenting the Contemporary Portfolio
with Jacqueline van Rhyn, curatorial assistant, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, and exhibition curator.

Saturday, June 5, 11:30 a.m., Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Exhibition tour: Courts and Countryside: Islamic Painting of the 14th-18th Century
with Mary McWilliams, associate curator of Islamic and Later Indian art.

Sunday, June 6, 2 p.m., Busch-Reisinger Museum
Exhibition tour: Multiple Configurations: Presenting the Contemporary Portfolio
with Linda Norden, Barbara Lee Associate Curator of Contemporary Art.

Saturday, June 12, 11:30 a.m., Fogg Art Museum
Exhibition tour: Sargent in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches
with Kerry Schauber, research assistant, Drawings Department, and Miriam Stewart, assistant curator of drawings, exhibition co-curators.
Sunday, June 13, 2 p.m., Fogg Art Museum
Exhibition tour: Death by Hogarth
with Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell, Philip A. and Lynn Straus Intern, Print Department, and exhibition curator.

Saturday, June 19, 11:30 a.m., Fogg Art Museum
Permanent collection tour: American Art after 1950
with Lana Branton, Art Museums Docent.

Saturday, June 26, 11:30 a.m., Busch-Reisinger Museum
Exhibition tour: Multiple Configurations: Presenting the Contemporary Portfolio
with Sarah Miller, 1998 – 1999 Werner and Maren Otto Curatorial Intern, Busch-Reisinger Museum

Saturday, July 10, 11:30 a.m., Fogg Art Museum
Exhibition tour: Death by Hogarth
with Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell, Philip A. and Lynn Straus Intern, Print Department, and exhibition curator.

Sunday, July 11, 2 p.m., Busch-Reisinger Museum
Exhibition tour: Multiple Configurations: Presenting the Contemporary Portfolio
with Jacqueline van Rhyn, curatorial assistant, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, and exhibition curator.

Saturday, July 17, 11:30 a.m., Fogg Art Museum
Exhibition tour: Sargent in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches
with Melinda Linderer, collections manager, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, and 1995-96 Philip A. and Lynn Straus Intern, Department of Drawings.

Sunday, July 25, 2 p.m., Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Exhibition tour: Courts and Countryside: Islamic Painting of the 14th-18th Century
with Mary McWilliams, associate curator of Islamic and Later Indian art.

Sunday, August 8, 2 p.m., Fogg Art Museum
Exhibition tour: Timeless Beauty: Representing the Ideal in Neoclassical Drawing
with Jeffrey Fontana, 1997-98 Philip A. and Lynn Straus Intern, Department of Drawings, and exhibition curator.

Saturday, August 14, 11:30 a.m., Fogg Art Museum
Exhibition tour: Sargent in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches
with Melinda Linderer, collections manager, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, and 1995-96 Philip A. and Lynn Straus Intern, Department of Drawings.

Sunday, August 15, 2 p.m., Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Exhibition tour: Courts and Countryside: Islamic Painting of the 14th-18th Century
with Mary McWilliams, associate curator of Islamic and Later Indian art.

Saturday, August 21, 11:30 a.m., Fogg Art Museum
Permanent collection tour: American Art after 1950
with Lana Branton, Art Museums Docent.

Sunday, August 29, 2 p.m., Fogg Art Museum
Exhibition tour: Sargent in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches
with Kerry Schauber, research assistant, Drawings Department, and Miriam Stewart, assistant curator of drawings, exhibition co-curators.

The Harvard University Art Museums' facilities are wheelchair accessible. For general information, please call (617) 495-9400. For press information or photographs, please contact Stephanie Dorn 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.

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.