Tag: Kerry James Marshall
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.