Spotlight Tour: Model as Muse, with Giselle Acosta ’27

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  • Harvard Art Museums
  • Free

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    Giselle Acosta will explore the lens through which artists depict their models, specifically the ones they elevate to the rank of muse.

    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. Space is limited, and tours 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

    Saturday, January 31 11AM – 11:50AM

    Additional information

    On this tour, Giselle Acosta ’27 will explore the lens through which artists depict their models, specifically the ones they elevate to the venerable rank of muse. The works on the tour will be Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s A Sea-Spell (1875–77), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s Self-Portrait with Cat (1920), and a 13-century Persian plaque.


     

    Free

    An exterior of a building with several people ascending a stone staircase into the building's entrance. Beside the staircase is a colorful sign that says "Free Every Day" in white text.
    Saturday, January 31 11AM – 11:50AM
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    Last updated January 20, 2026.