Past Events

Wexner Center for the Arts — Lambert Family Lecture: Cécile Fromont

October 1, 2026

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6:00PM EDT

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Wexner Center for the Arts

In Person

Join acclaimed art historian Cécile Fromont for a lecture exploring the intersection of artistic creation and scholarship. Cécile Fromont specializes in the visual, material, and religious cultures of Africa, Latin America, and Europe between 1500 and...

Director's Series: Islamic Art as an Experience: The New Galleries in the Pergamon Museum Berlin

October 1, 2026

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6:00PM - 7:30PM EDT

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HAA Lower Lecture Hall

In Person

Stefan Weber, Director of the Museum for Islamic Art, Pergamon Museum in Berlin Cosponsored with the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program.

Opening Reception: An Introduction to Van Lévé. Sovereign Visions from the Creole and Maroon Caribbean and Amazonia

September 28, 2026

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6:00PM - 8:00PM EDT

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Alain Locke Gallery of African & African American Art

In Person

An Introduction to Van Lévé. Sovereign Visions from the Creole and Maroon Caribbean and Amazonia: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane & and Haiti: 2001-Now is an intergenerational and transhistorical exhibition organized from a uniquely Caribbean perspective...

Call for Abstracts: 47th Annual NESAH Student Symposium

September 27, 2026

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All day

In Person

The New England Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians is pleased to announce its upcoming 47th Annual Student Symposium. The Student Symposium features presentations by outstanding students from programs across New England in the history...

Mahindra Seminar: Colossal Engineering in Carioca

September 24, 2026

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5:30PM - 7:00PM EDT

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HAA, Room 422

In Person

VISUAL REPRESENTATION, MATERIALITY, AND MEDIUM SPEAKERS: Erika Naginski, Harvard Graduate School of Design When, in the mid-18th century, the Arcos da Lapa (or Aqueduto da Carioca) was inaugurated in Rio de Janeiro, it heralded not only the arrival of...

Constructing Latin America: Architecture, Politics, and Race at the Museum of Modern Art

June 26, 2026

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6:00PM - 7:30PM CDT

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Graham Foundation, Chicago

In Person

Patricio del Real presents his book, Constructing Latin America. Architecture, Politics, and Race at the Museum of Modern Art (Yale University Press, 2022)—a nuanced look at how, through architecture exhibitions, this New York institution became a key...

The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts IV. Passio—Patientia—Potentia: Tribulation, Tension, Transformation

May 24, 2026

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2:00PM - 3:00PM EDT

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East Building Auditorium, National Art Gallery

In Person

This is the final lecture in In Praise of Difficulty: Ambiguity, Aesthetics, and the Work of Art in Medieval Europe, the 75th A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts presented by Aden Kumler of Universität Basel. Click here for more information.

The 14th MaMa Charitable Foundation Lecture Series in Buddhist Studies Lecture 3. Cosmic Love on the Flight

May 22, 2026

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7:15PM - 9:00PM HKT

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CPD-3.28, 3/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

In Person

Invited Speaker: Professor Eugene Y. Wang The 14th MaMa Charitable Foundation Visiting Professor in Buddhist Studies, HKU Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art, Harvard University Cosmic art imagines humanity’s place in the vastness of the...

The 14th MaMa Charitable Foundation Lecture Series in Buddhist Studies Lecture 2. Interstellar Travel on the Wall

May 19, 2026

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7:15PM - 9:00PM HKT

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CPD-3.28, 3/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

In Person

Invited Speaker: Professor Eugene Y. Wang The 14th MaMa Charitable Foundation Visiting Professor in Buddhist Studies, HKU Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art, Harvard University Cosmic art imagines humanity’s place in the vastness of the...

The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts III. Obscuritas: Ambiguity and Disorientation

May 17, 2026

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2:00PM - 3:00PM EDT

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East Building Auditorium, National Art Gallery

In Person

This is the third of four lectures in In Praise of Difficulty: Ambiguity, Aesthetics, and the Work of Art in Medieval Europe, the 75th A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts presented by Aden Kumler of Universität Basel. Click here for more information.

Lessons in Color: Divine Visions and a Material History of Indian Painting

May 17, 2026

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2:00PM - 3:00PM EDT

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Harry and Mildred Remis Auditorium (Auditorium 161), Museum of Fine Arts Boston

In Person

Speaker: Jinah Kim, George P. Bickford Professor of Indian and South Asian Art, Department of History of Art & Architecture, Harvard University How blue is Krishna? The Hindu god Krishna is most often depicted blue today, but in pre-modern Indian art his...

The 14th MaMa Charitable Foundation Lecture Series in Buddhist Studies Lecture 1. Out-of-Body Flight in the Dark

May 14, 2026

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7:15PM - 9:00PM HKT

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CPD-3.28, 3/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

In Person

Invited Speaker: Professor Eugene Y. Wang The 14th MaMa Charitable Foundation Visiting Professor in Buddhist Studies, HKU Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art, Harvard University Cosmic art imagines humanity’s place in the vastness of the...