Gallery Talk: Susan Meiselas’s 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA

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  • Harvard Art Museums
  • Free

    Portrait of a young couple smiling casually on a bed in a carpeted room beside a desk and chair.

    Join curatorial fellow Madison Brown to explore the relationships between photographic portraiture, private life, and self-presentation.

    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. Talks are limited to 18 people and 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
    Maraykanka

    Neighborhood
  • Neighborhood 9

    Dates and Times

    Friday, January 31 12:30PM – 1PM

    Additional information

    Photographer Susan Meiselas’ 1971 photo series provides an intimate look into individual rooms in the Cambridge, MA boarding house where she lived and the diverse lives of the other tenants who lived there. Join Robinson Family Curatorial Fellow Madison Brown for a close look at these portraits and a conversation exploring who we are behind closed doors and how we present ourselves in front of the camera.

    Free

    Portrait of a young couple smiling casually on a bed in a carpeted room beside a desk and chair.

    Friday, January 31 12:30PM – 1PM

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    Last updated January 6, 2025.