Gallery Talk: Meaning Makers

Join assistant paper conservator Abby Schleicher and assistant curator Yan Yang for a talk about a Chinese ink rubbing included in a recent installation in the East Asian art gallery. The object represents a unique type of rubbing—zhuta 朱拓, or red rubbing. Schleicher and Yang will introduce the object’s use and meaning and explain its materials and how it was made. They will also provide context for its placement in the installation and share the conservation and installation challenges involved in preparing it for display for the first time.

This gallery talk is part of our New on View series, highlighting recent gallery installations and presenting new insights into recent acquisitions or old favorites.

Led by:
Yan Yang 楊妍, Assistant Curator of the Collection, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art
Abby Schleicher, Assistant Paper Conservator, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies

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

You may also like the following events from Harvard Art Museums:

• This Tuesday, 25th November, 12:30 pm, Gallery Talk: Animal Power in Cambridge
• Next Wednesday, 3rd December, 12:00 pm, ON DISPLAY HARVARD 2025 in Cambridge

Also check out other Arts events in Cambridge.