Lectures
Joseph Savart, Woman from Guadeloupe with Blue and White Shawl (detail), 1769. Pastel on paper. Henry H. and Zoe Oliver Sherman Fund.
Joseph Savart, Woman from Guadeloupe with Blue and White Shawl (detail), 1769. Pastel on paper. Henry H. and Zoe Oliver Sherman Fund.
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Upcoming Courses
Livres d’Artiste: Picasso, Miró, Dalí
September 16–October 7, 2026
Icons of Power: Art and Identity in Ancient Egypt
September 24–October 15, 2026
America at 250: Expanding the American Story Through Art
October 14–December 9, 2026
Upcoming Lectures
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The Road to Livres d’Artiste
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
In Person 1:00 pm–2:30 pm
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Dalí and the Book
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
In Person 1:00 pm–2:30 pm
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What Makes a Maverick King?
Thursday, September 24, 2026
2:00 pm–3:30 pm
In Person
2:00 pm–3:30 pm
Estelle Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture
Dionysos and Theater in Ancient Athens
Thursday, September 24, 2026
7:00 pm–8:00 pm
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7:00 pm–8:00 pm
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Picasso: Cubism and Beyond
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
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King Hatshepsut and the Powerful Women of the Early New Kingdom
Thursday, October 1, 2026
2:00 pm–3:30 pm
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2:00 pm–3:30 pm
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Founding Facts and Fictions: The Art that Made America
Sunday, October 4, 2026
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
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2:00 pm–3:00 pm
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The Revolutionary Vision of Joan Miró
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
In Person 1:00 pm–2:30 pm
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Maverick Diplomacy: Foreign Relations Under Hatshepsut, Amenhotep III, and Akhenaten
Thursday, October 8, 2026
2:00 pm–3:30 pm
In Person
2:00 pm–3:30 pm
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Joseph Pope’s Orrery Clock: Boston and the World in the 18th Century
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
In Person 1:00 pm–2:30 pm
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From Donations to Excavations: The Provenance of Objects in “Maverick Kings”
Thursday, October 15, 2026
2:00 pm–3:30 pm
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2:00 pm–3:30 pm
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Mercy Otis Warren: Looking at Revolutionary Women
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
In Person 1:00 pm–2:30 pm
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Clues in the Cloth: Dress and Alterations in the 18th Century
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
In Person 1:00 pm–2:30 pm
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Revere and Rodallega: Silversmiths of the Americas
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
In Person 1:00 pm–2:30 pm
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Wampanoag Art at the MFA
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
In Person 1:00 pm–2:30 pm
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The United States and Haiti: When History (and Revolutions) Binds Us
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
In Person 1:00 pm–2:30 pm
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Presses, Plates, and Propaganda: 18th-Century Print Culture in the Americas
Wednesday, December 2, 2026
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
In Person 1:00 pm–2:30 pm
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Representations of Liberty in American Folk Art
Wednesday, December 9, 2026
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
In Person 1:00 pm–2:30 pm