Harvard Club of New Mexico

The Harvard Art Museums: From Antiquity to Impressionism and Beyond

Diana McDonald, Ph.D. January 26, 2023, 4:00pm

423 Central NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102

The Harvard Art Museums consist of three museums in one, with superb international collections ranging from ancient Chinese Bronzes, Greek vases, and ancient Mediterranean artworks, to one of the finest collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings in any American museum. Harvard, through gifts and purchases, has amassed a collection of 250,000 objects from around the world, spanning 7,000 years of art. Dr. McDonald will take a look at some of the highlights of the collections, and also provide a ‘behind the scenes’ perspective on the recent massive renovation and reinstallation of this storied collection. The current building, a renovation of the Fogg Museums, designed by Renzo Piano, is a jewel box which allows the serene viewing of extraordinary art, and houses a conservation lab, research center, and teaching facilities that are unparalleled in the university world.consist of three museums in one, with superb international collections ranging from ancient Chinese Bronzes, Greek vases, and ancient Mediterranean artworks, to one of the finest collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings in any American museum. Harvard, through gifts and purchases, has amassed a collection of 250,000 objects from around the world, spanning 7,000 years of art. Dr. McDonald will take a look at some of the highlights of the collections, and also provide a ‘behind the scenes’ perspective on the recent massive renovation and reinstallation of this storied collection. The current building, a renovation of the Fogg Museums, designed by Renzo Piano, is a jewel box which allows the serene viewing of extraordinary art, and houses a conservation lab, research center, and teaching facilities that are unparalleled in the university world.
 

Dr. Diana McDonald is an art historian and lecturer, retired from Boston College. She earned her AB in History of Art and Architecture from Harvard University and Ph.D. from Columbia University, where she concentrated in Ancient Mediterranean and Ancient American art. She worked at The Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Indonesian National Museum in Jakarta, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and other preeminent organizations. Dr. McDonald’s lectures on ‘30 Masterpieces of the Ancient World’ can be found on The Great Courses. She is President of the Harvard Club of New Mexico.

Tickets: $15 for AIA Members; $20 for Non-Members; Students under 30 with ID – Free.

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