Gallery Talk: Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Join Ally Cirelli, curator of Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage (October 23, 2026–April 11, 2027), for a close look at Ossorio’s iconography, materials, and techniques in his six decades of creating works on paper. Drawing on her research in the artist’s papers held within the Harvard Art Museums Archives, Cirelli will share insights into how Ossorio’s early artistic training in engraving can be read as a throughline in his prints, drawings, and experimental wax-resist works. Led by: Ally Cirelli, Cunningham Senior Curatorial Assistant for the Collection, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage is made possible through the generous support of the Ossorio Fund, with additional support from the Recharge Foundation Fund for Contemporary Art. , Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art.