Upcoming Events

This talk will reflect on two intersecting themes, the rise of women as artists and as female subjects for art, in the context of the evolving status of women in twentieth-century China. Against the backdrop of the nascent modern education for women and the emergence of feminism between 1910 and 1940, it interrogates, in light […]

Calligraphy entered contemporary Chinese art at the time modernist art reappeared in China in the 1980s, and gradually became an important component in contemporary art. Because the Chinese written language is partially ideographic and partially pictographic, calligraphy-related works can be categorized into a few groups. The first group can be traced back to traditional calligraphy, […]

Marie Antoinette Is Dead by Fabiola Jean-Louis, from the series, Rewriting History recently became a part of the Harn’s collection. Jean-Louis – a Haitian-born, New York-raised artist and visual activist – will discuss her work on view in AWE-some. Her exquisite photographs evoke the privilege and luxury of 18th and 19th century aristocratic portraiture which […]

Learn more about the Harn’s exhibition of Florida-themed art, gifted from the collection of Samuel H. and Roberta T. Vickers.  Chief Curator and Curator of Modern Art, Dulce Román, will give an overview of the art on view in Florida Impressions, highlighting the varied native Floridian and visiting artists who created stirring images of the […]

Celebrate National Women’s History Month through an after-hours museum adventure of art, tours, performances, activities and more! Experience an immersive student project titled Archi-Sculpture, listen to tunes by Gainesville Girls Rock Camp and experience art by women artist in the museum collection through conversations with curators and docents. Visit the MUSE Makerspace for inspired art-inspired […]

This series of guided meditations, led by instructors from the UF Mindfulness team, is inspired by art in the Harn collections and held at the museum. Take a break from your regular schedule to slow down, experience stillness, and re-charge.  Forty minutes of guided meditation is followed by an art spotlight tour. Please register through […]

Join us for a conversation with Deborah Willis, award winning MacArthur Fellow, artist, curator, professor and eminent scholar in the history of Black photography, and Jade Powers, the new Curator of Art at the Harn Museum. Willis and Powers will explore topics presented in the current Harn exhibition Posing Beauty in African American Culture, including […]

Join Cofrin Curator of Asian Art, Dr. Tongyun Yin, for a gallery talk highlighting the exhibition She/Her/Hers: Women in the Arts of China which explores the intersecting roles women have played as pictorial subjects, artists, and consumers of art in premodern, modern, and contemporary China. Discover the newest additions of hanging scrolls, fan painting, and […]

What do we love about our Florida home? The orange groves, the seaside, the changing landscapes as seen in the exhibition Florida Impressions…YES! Yes, we do! We also love the history of music in Gainesville. This is an evening at the museum to enjoy live music with Jason Hedges which honors rock legend Tom Petty […]

This series of guided meditations, led by instructors from the UF Mindfulness team, is inspired by art in the Harn collections and held at the museum. Take a break from your regular schedule to slow down, experience stillness, and re-charge.  Forty minutes of guided meditation is followed by an art spotlight tour. Please register through […]