Spotlight Tour: In the Blink of an Eye, with Jade Xiao ’27
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Know Before You Go How to join: Check in at the Visitor Services desk; space is limited. Fee: This is a free event. Accessibility accommodations: If you would like to request accommodations for your visit, please contact Visitor Services at am_register@harvard.edu or 617-495-9400. For more details about accommodations at the museums, please see the Accessibility page. General info: The museum visit page has general guidelines for your visit. On this tour, Jade Xiao ’27 will explore how art accommodates the fleeting nature of time. The tour stops are Vanitas (c. 1525), a boxwood sculpture by an artist from the School of Conrad Meit; the painting The Vanity of the Artist’s Dream (1830) by Charles Bird King; and Blossoming Plum with Moon and Snow (late 18th–early 19th century), a pair of hanging scrolls by Goshun 呉春 (Matsumura Gekkei 松村月渓). Spotlight Tours are designed and led by Harvard undergraduates from a range of academic disciplines. Each tour is focused on objects chosen by the student and provides visitors a unique, thematic view into the collections. Tours typically feature three works of art, embrace a conversational format, and last about 45 minutes. Open to the public,…