Spotlight Tour: The Art of Touch, with Isabelle Halsey ’25 and Aidan Scully ’25

When:
Saturday, Apr 26, 2025 11:00a -
11:50a

Where:
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

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Admission:
FREE

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Categories:
Accessible Spots, Art, Good for Groups, History

Event website:
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On this tour, Isabelle Halsey ‘25 and Aidan Scully ’25 will explore the relationship between physical touch (for example, the handling of a coin, the striking of a bell, the rubbing of a painting) and a ritual act, whether it be religious, civil, or personal. The stops on the tour are a dinar of Abd al-Malik I (701–2 CE), which is among the earliest coinage to feature a Muslim profession of faith in Arabic; a ritual bell made in China during the Zhou dynasty (475–221 BCE); and Salvator Mundi (c. 1490–1500), a painting of Jesus Christ with his right hand raised in blessing, by the Florentine workshop of Sandro Botticelli.


Spotlight Tours offer a chance to explore the collections of the Harvard Art Museums through the eyes of a Harvard student. Free and open to the public, these tours start outside the museum shop on Saturdays and Sundays at 11am and 2pm. Drop in and join the conversation! And find out what the Student Guides are up to anytime on Instagram @harvardarthappens.


Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the tour. Tours are limited to 18 people and are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.

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