Gallery Talk: Joana Choumali: Languages of West African Marketplaces

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  • Harvard Art Museums
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    A print on fabric features the image of a Black man wearing a black shirt that reads “I’d hit that.” Red threads hang from the bottom of the work. Un motif sur tissu représente l’image d’un homme noir portant un t-shirt noir avec l’inscription « I’d hit that ». Des fils rouges pendent du bas de l’œuvre.

    Join curator Mitra Abbaspour for a close look at photographic textiles by Joana Choumali featured in our special exhibition.

    No application or registration needed.

    Cost

    This Event is free!

    Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the gallery talk. Space is limited, and talks are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.

    Location

    • In-person only.

    Harvard Art Museums
    32 Quincy
    Cambridge, MA 02138
    United States

    Neighborhood
  • Neighborhood 9

    Dates and Times

    Sunday, May 11 12:30PM – 1PM

    Additional information

    Join exhibition co-curator Mitra Abbaspour, the Houghton Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, for a close look at Joana Choumali’s photographic textiles in Joana Choumali: Languages of West African Marketplaces (January 25–May 11, 2025). Choumali created the textiles during her time as a 2020 Robert Gardner Fellowship in Photography at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography.

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    A print on fabric features the image of a Black man wearing a black shirt that reads “I’d hit that.” Red threads hang from the bottom of the work. Un motif sur tissu représente l’image d’un homme noir portant un t-shirt noir avec l’inscription « I’d hit that ». Des fils rouges pendent du bas de l’œuvre.

    Sunday, May 11 12:30PM – 1PM

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    Last updated May 6, 2025.