Coffee with the Curators
Contemporary Ghanaian Artists and Recent Harn Acquisitions
All Harn-goers know of El Anatsui’s Old Man’s Cloth, the glittering metal relief sculpture that has hung in our Pavilion and other galleries almost constantly since it was acquired in 2006. The Harn Museum of Art was the first host of GAWU, the exhibition of this body of metal works by Anatsui,...
Coffee with the Curators
Henry Clay Anderson
[This essay on Henry Clay Anderson’s photography is short for the sake of this post. Yet it points to the power of photographs to help us see history and make connections. It waits further post-COVID-19 research.] Henry Clay Anderson lived and worked in Greenville, Mississippi, as the town’s most...
Coffee with the Curators
Cliff Joseph
I’ve been listening to a BBC podcast titled Great Lives, where a famous living person nominates an oftentimes lesser-known deceased person. The celebrity, and an ‘expert’ (usually a biographer of the dead nominee), discuss the career of the chosen ‘Great Life.’ The program makes me feel hopeful that such people once...
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Shadow to Substance Aftercare Reading and Resource List
Kids & Family
Monet and American Impressionism
Exhibition Guide
Understanding Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
K12 Educators
What if I am Part of Something?
Each object has many stories. Stories can be about how or why something was made, what the artist was thinking, and how we relate to it. We exchange stories to find and share meaning. Stories have power. Use this guide to learn stories about art and your role in those...
Kids & Family
Nature and Art in Asia
