Art Talk Live: Reframing Photographic Histories at the Harvard Art Museums

When:
Tuesday, Mar 09, 2021 12:30p -
1:00p

Where:
Online
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

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Admission:
Unknown

Categories:
Art

Event website:
https://bit.ly/3sFURPc

In this talk, photography curator Makeda Best will explore the history of photography collecting at Harvard and share her work to foreground new perspectives, contexts of interpretation, and historical connections.


Led by:
Makeda Best, Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art


This talk is part of a series inspired by ReFrame, a museum-wide initiative to reimagine the function, role, and future of the university art museum. These talks examine difficult histories, foreground untold stories, and experiment with new approaches to the collections of the Harvard Art Museums, reflecting the concerns of our world today.


This talk will take place online via Zoom. Free admission, but registration is required. To register, please complete this online form.


For instructions on how to join a meeting in Zoom, please click here. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].


Art Talks Live are presented via Zoom every other Tuesday at 12:30pm (ET) and offer an up-close look at works from our collections with our team of curators, conservators, fellows, and graduate students.


The Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs, please contact us at [email protected] at least 48 hours in advance.

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