Tag: Kerry James Marshall

  • Arts & Culture

    Feeling close to art from miles away

    The Harvard Art Museums may be closed due to the coronavirus, but virtual visitors can still connect to its vivid treasures thanks to some art-loving Harvard undergraduates who are leading gallery tours from across the globe.

    5 minutes
    Franklin Hang.
  • Arts & Culture

    Persistence, courage take the dais

    Rapper Queen Latifah, poets Elizabeth Alexander and Rita Dove, Smithsonian secretary Lonnie Bunch III, philanthropist Sheila C. Johnson, artist Kerry James Marshall, and entrepreneur Robert F. Smith were honored with this year’s W.E.B. Du Bois Medals.

    5 minutes
    Robert Smith and Queen Latifah
  • Arts & Culture

    An unanticipated juxtaposition

    A new pairing on a second-floor wall overlooking the Harvard Art Museums’ courtyard has placed self-portraits of contemporary artist Kerry James Marshall alongside that of 17th-century Dutch painter Nicolas Régnier.

    4 minutes
    Works by Kerry James Marshall and Nicolas Régnier viewed through archways at Harvard Art Museums.
  • Arts & Culture

    The art of the possible

    Artist Kerry James Marshall’s massive woodcut print, on view at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, challenges the artistic status quo.

    6 minutes