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Harvard University Art Museums:
Fogg - Sackler - Busch - Reisinger

32 Quincy Street / 485 Broadway
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Phone: 617 495 9400 --
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Statement of Purpose:

Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Straus Center for Conservation.

Mission:

The mission of the Harvard University Art Museums is to serve as a catalyst for instruction and scholarship in the history of art by acquiring and conserving works of art, teaching, researching, preparing and implementing exhibitions, publishing catalogues and special studies, offering lectures, organizing symposia, and working closely with students and other faculty of Harvard University, the faculties of other universities, the curatorial staffs of other museums the world over, and all interested members of the general public, in the use of our collections and resources for scholarly and pedagogical purposes, as well as for personal pleasure and inspiration, and in training future museum curators and conservators in the details of our profession.

A Brief History:

The Harvard University Art Museums include the Fogg Art Museum (founded in 1891, opened in 1895), the Busch-Reisinger Museum (founded in 1902), and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum (opened in 1985). Their mission is to provide resources for the teaching of art history and related fields in the humanities; to serve as a catalyst for research in the humanities; to expose undergraduates to the importance of art in all cultures; to train professionals in the field of art museum administration; and to encourage the broader understanding of art and its history among the general public.

Highlights:

Main Attractions:

Walk through the galleries of the Fogg Art Museum and you will recognize major paintings and sculpture by American and European artists such as Copley, Monet, van Gogh, Renoir, Picasso, Rothko and David Smith. In the Sackler Museum you will discover Indian sculpture, ancient Chinese jades and bronzes, Korean ceramics, Greek and Roman coins, and Greek vases. In the Busch-Reisinger you will find the finest collection of modern German and Northern European art with works by Beckmann, Beuys, Feininger, Kandinsky, Klee, Kirchner, Kokoschka, Klimt, Moholy-Nagy, Marc, and Munch.

As well as being major public art museums, the Harvard University Art Museums are part of one of the world's greatest universities. Professors, museum directors, and curators from around the world have studied at Harvard. Today, the Harvard University Art Museums along with the Straus Center for Conservation, are a major center for art historical research and training.

Each year, leading scholars at Harvard and from around the world arrange major exhibitions at the Art Museums, many of them the first of their kind in America. This tradition began in 1911, with the first American exhibition of Edgar Degas, and it has continued ever since. Visit these exhibitions and you will be on the forefront of new discoveries and revelations about the world of the visual arts.

Exhibits:

"Tiepolo and his Circle: Drawings in American Collections"

October 12 through December 15, 1996 (at the Sackler)
This exhibition celebrates the 300th anniversary of the birth of Giambattista Tiepolo (1696-1770), arguably the greatest Italian artist of the eighteenth century and one of the most brilliant draftsmen of the European tradition. Comprising nearly one-hundred works, the exhibition will present a survey of Tiepolo's drawings in light of the most recent research. Tiepolo and his Circle: Drawings in American Collections is co-organized by the Harvard University Art Museums and The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. The guest curator is Dr. Bernard Aikema, professor of art history, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands, who is also the author of the accompanying catalogue. The exhibition, which has been partially funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, will be shown at The Pierpont Morgan Library from January 17 through April 13, 1997. Tiepolo and his Circle: Drawings in American Collections is organized at the Harvard University Art Museums by William Robinson, Ian Woodner Curator of Drawings.

"David Rabinowitch: Sculptures and Templates, 1968"

October 26, 1996 through February 16, 1997 (at the Fogg)
Curated by Whitney Davis, professor of art history and director of the Kaplan Center for the Humanities at Northwestern University, this will be the first U.S. museum exhibition of this important Canadian sculptor's work. The show will concentrate on a series of works done in 1968 which were formative in Rabinowitch's subsequent work. Characterized by an intensity of thought and material and simplicity of form, Rabinowitch's work is representative of certain concerns of minimalist sculpture. Like many minimalist sculptors of the late 1960s and 1970s, Rabinowitch's work enjoyed a strong following in Germany and Switzerland long before it was first appreciated in this country. David Rabinowitch: Sculptures and Templates, 1968 is organized at the Harvard University Art Museums by Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director.

"African Art from the William and Bertha Teel Collection"

Opening November 29, 1996 (at the Fogg).
This exhibition examines the extraordinary visual power and intellectual interest of African art south of the Sahara. Drawn from the strikingly rich and diverse African art collection of William and Bertha Teel, viewers will be invited to explore a range of themes which impact at once on African artistic form and meaning. Associated concerns range from aesthetics, to environment, to politics, history, and systems of belief. Popular misconceptions about African art as timeless, "mythic," inherently functional, community-bound, and the work of intuitive art makers also will be addressed. While this is not the first exhibition of African art to be mounted at the Fogg Art Museum, it is the first of this scale and breadth. It is also the first to look at the complex interweave between African art as "art" and cultural expression. African Art from the William and Bertha Teel Collection is organized by Suzanne Blier, professor of fine arts, Harvard University, and Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director.

"Invaluable Prints"

December 14, 1996 through March 2, 1997 (at the Fogg)
What makes a print valuable in terms of dollars and what makes a print valuable to a museum collection can be very different. This exhibition will present works of the greatest value within the teaching context at Harvard that would be worth comparatively little on the art market. Several categories of "low-value" prints will be presented, including genres and periods that are out of fashion, such as reproductive engravings, portraits and late sixteenth-century Flemish prints, prints that are in poor condition, and later impressions of prints by the masters. Invaluable Prints is organized by Marjorie B. Cohn, Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints.

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The Harvard University Art Museums are wheelchair accessible.

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