Spotlight Tour: Beauty of Emptiness, with Andy Kim ‘25

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  • Harvard Art Museums
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    In this photomontage, a smiling young man gestures toward a painting that appears to float. The painting features clusters of blue, green, and yellow brushstrokes and lots of white space.

    Andy Kim will explore a selection of works through the lens of an aesthetic idea that has deep roots in Korea: the beauty of emptiness.

    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 tour. Tours are limited to 18 people and are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.

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    Harvard Art Museums
    32 Quincy
    Cambridge, MA 02138
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    Dates and Times

    Saturday, March 29 2PM – 2:50PM

    Additional information

    On this tour, Andy Kim ‘25 will explore negative space, studies, and “unfinished” works through the lens of an aesthetic idea that has deep roots in Korea: the beauty of emptiness. The works on the tour will be a mosaic pavement fragment with a peahen (Syrian, 5th–6th century), John Singer Sargent’s Study for Seated Figures for “El Jaleo” (c. 1882), and Paul Cézanne’s Study of Trees (c. 1904).

    Free

    In this photomontage, a smiling young man gestures toward a painting that appears to float. The painting features clusters of blue, green, and yellow brushstrokes and lots of white space.

    Saturday, March 29 2PM – 2:50PM

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    Last updated March 24, 2025.