In-Person Gallery Talk: Washington and the Power of Clothes
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Curator Horace Ballard takes a fresh look at portraits of George Washington through the lens of fashion in this in-person gallery talk.
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Ages: Adults.
Wheelchair accessible.
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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
Location
- In-person only.
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
Neighborhood 9
Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk
Dates and Times
.: Thu, April 21 2022 12:30PM – 1PM.
Additional information
Join curator Horace D. Ballard for fresh perspective on two of the museums’ iconic portraits of George Washington through the meaning of gesture and the materialities of fashion. Inspired by Ballard’s recent research on Washington and his rewriting of the portraits’ gallery labels, the talk will explore the important role artists played in shaping the nation’s sense of self after the partisan politics of the Revolutionary War.
Horace D. Ballard, Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Associate Curator of American Art, Division of European and American Art
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