Gallery Talk: Investigating Color at Ancient Dura-Europos
When:
Friday, May 23, 2025 12:30p -
1:00p
Friday, May 23, 2025 12:30p -
1:00p
Where:
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Admission:
Unknown
Hosted by:
Categories:
Accessible Spots, Art, History, Photoworthy
Event website:
https://bit.ly/3ERqelZ
What can we learn from humble fragments of painted plaster walls? A lot, as it turns out! Paintings conservator Kate Smith and assistant research curator Caitlin Clerkin will discuss a display of wall painting fragments excavated at ancient Dura-Europos, Syria. The collaborative research into materials that underpins this display shows how some answers—and more questions—can be generated by casting a technical lens on forgotten parts of the collections. This talk focuses on a new installation in Gallery 3440.
This gallery talk is part of our New on View series, highlighting recent gallery installations and presenting new insights into recent acquisitions or old favorites.
Led by:
Caitlin Clerkin, Frederick Randolph Grace Assistant Research Curator of Ancient Art, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art
Kate Smith, Senior Conservator of Paintings, Head of Paintings Lab, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies
Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the gallery talk. Space is limited, and talks are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.
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