Gallery Talk: Activation of Moholy-Nagy’s Light Prop for an Electric Stage
By Harvard Art Museums
Curator Lynette Roth will discuss and activate this experimental device from 1930 by László Moholy-Nagy, a Bauhaus pioneer.
.: Tue, September 27 2022 12:30pm – 1pm.
Ages: Adults.
Contact
Registration required
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Gallery talks are limited to 18 people, and it is required that you reserve your place. At 10am the day of the event, reservations will open and may be arranged online through this form. The gallery talk reservation will also serve as your general museum reservation. If required, visitors will pay the museum admission fee upon arrival.
Cost
$20 Adults
$18 Seniors (65+)
Free Sundays—free to all!
Free All students with a valid ID
Free Harvard ID holders (plus one guest)
Free Harvard Art Museums Friends
Free Youth under 18
Free Cambridge residents (proof of residency required)
- Free for some residents
Ubicación
- In-person only.
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
Estados Unidos
Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk.
Wheelchair accessible.
https://harvardartmuseums.org/visit/accessibility/museum-access
Additional information
Our galleries are full of stories—this series of talks gives visitors a chance to hear the best ones! The talks highlight new works on view, take a fresh look at old favorites, investigate artists’ materials and techniques, and reveal the latest discoveries by curators, conservators, fellows, visiting artists, technologists, and other contributors.
Offered by:
Lynette Roth, Daimler Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art
Last updated Septiembre 7, 2022.
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