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Exhibition Picture Worlds: Greek, Maya, Moche Pottery

Discover how painted ceramic vessels served as a dynamic means of storytelling in three distinct ancient cultures

Square featuring figural designs taken from ancient ceramics on a teal background.
Left: Harvard Art Museums / Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, MA. Bequest of David M. Robinson. © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Center: Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey. Gift of Stephanie H. Bernheim and Leonard H. Bernheim Jr. in honor of Gillett G. Griffin, 2005-127. Photo by Justin Kerr. Justin Kerr Maya archive, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, D.C. Right: Illustration adapted from a photo by Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, ML013653

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  2. Spanish Art in the US

    A light-skinned mother dressed in black smiles at a young child, who is turned away from view, holding her mother's hand. Behind them, a large oil painting of mother and child hangs on a gallery wall

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Exhibitions

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  1. Artist at Work: Live Ceramic Demonstration

    Course

    A woman sits at a table with a ceramic purse and sneaker on the table in front of her.

  2. Stories on Ceramics: Pictures, Politics, and Primordial Times

    Talk

    Triptych of three ancient vessels in tones of tan, black, and cream, all with figurative elements as design.
    Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 7pm

  3. Sun Print: Family Workshop

    Family

    Close up of a tub and a child's hands holding wooden tongs that have submerged a blue piece of cloth with white silhouettes of animals and words.

  4. Sounds of LA: An Evening with Rising Stars Fife and Drum & Dom Flemons

    Performance

    Side-by-side photos of musicians, on the left a man holds a banjo, on the right a man and woman hold drum sticks.

Explore the Collection

Discover art from ancient Greece and Italy, Europe from the Middle Ages to the early 1900s, and global photography from its invention to now

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Departments and Resources

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    Our curatorial teams shape our collections, produce exhibitions, and perform critical research into the history of art made across millennia

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  3. Conservation

    Our conservation teams research artists’ methods and materials to treat our collections and innovate in the preventive care of art

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