Tag: Exhibition

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    Lost in fictional maps

    Fantasy worlds from Middle Earth to Westeros come to life in Harvard Library exhibit.

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    A Map of Narnia and the Surrounding Countries.
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    Black identities ‘In the City’

    Black photographers highlight the past and present of the city of St. Louis.

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    Child posing on a roof.
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    Birds everywhere

    “Birds of the World” opened in September as a permanent exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.

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    Spend an evening with champions

    More than a dozen world-class figure skaters will take to the ice for a cause later this month as part of the 43rd annual An Evening with Champions.

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    Images from long ago or far away

    A new exhibition at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology traces the development of photography and its use in anthropology from the beginnings of both fields in the 1800s to the present.

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    Exhibit honors influential Harvardians

    The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (Villa I Tatti) in Florence, Italy, has announced a new online exhibition, “Berenson and Harvard: Bernard and Mary as Students,” opening June 4.

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    You, revealed

    “X-Rays of the Soul: Rorschach and the Projective Test,” at Harvard’s Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, tells the story of the projective test movement and portrays the heady confidence that science could be used to extract and access the most human parts of human beings.

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    Rousseau occupies Houghton

    On the tricentennial celebration of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s birth, the author and philosopher is being honored with an exhibition of his works at the Houghton Library. “Rousseau and Human Rights” continues through March 23.

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    Off the beaten path

    A new exhibition, “Rev. Badger’s Misfits: Deviations and Diversions,” at the Harvard Map Collection, asks viewers to consider some of these “cartographic curiosities.”

    2 minutes
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    A life of transition

    A new exhibition at Harvard’s Houghton Library explores the life of philosopher William James.

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    Staff art is focus at Radcliffe Institute

    This time, the Radcliffe art show at Byerly Hall is by staff members, and will be on display through the summer.

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    Harvard Neighbors Gallery calls all artists

    The Harvard Neighbors Gallery, located at Loeb House (17 Quincy St.), provides an opportunity for Harvard-affiliated artists to show off their artistic talents. This year, artists will be selected for four-week exhibitions (solo or group shows) between September 2010 and May 2011.

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    A Salvadoran snapshot

    An HGSE student project over January break leads young students to create photographic art, along with exhibits in two countries.

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    Citizen spies, spied-on citizens

    An exhibit of Czech secret-police photos from the Communist era, at Harvard through Dec. 21, shows Big Brother as unintentional artist.

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    The Lab experiment

    The Lab, a three-year experiment orchestrated by David Edwards, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering, offers a “forum to help catalyze ideas” across many fields. Stemming from his course “Idea Translation” (ES 147), the exhibition of student-based experiments is designed to morph into an ongoing series of events and “idea nights” open…

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    Longfellow online exhibition recognized by ACRL

    The ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section has selected the online exhibition “Public Poet, Private Man: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at 200” as a winner of the 2009 Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab “American Book Prices Current” Exhibition Award.

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    The Arsenale

    “Provocative” — one of the most-used words to describe art — may be an understatement for “The Arsenale,” the thesis exhibition for students in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, held at the Carpenter Center.

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    Art for sale!

    Harvard gave Christie’s and Sotheby’s a run for their money at the first Harvard Student Art Show on Monday (May 4). The exhibit and sale, held in a bright yellow tent on the Science Center Lawn, featured 160 works of painting, sculpture, photography, and other media such as jewelry and clothing. Students from across the…

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    Student curators highlight American Indian cultural ‘Remix’

    Kelsey Leonard grew up on New York’s Long Island, bombarded by society’s common images of American Indians that included casino owners, alcoholics, and basket-weaving natives.

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