Curator

Art Institute Chicago
Harvard art museum
My Exhibition

Multicolored painting of undulating geometric shapes interweaving and overlapping one another.

Edtaonisl (Ecclesiastic), 1913

Francis Picabia

Woman composed of geometric shapes, clothed in yellow, reclines holding a book.

Reclining Woman, 1922

Fernand Léger

Multicolored neon sign composed of various English words in a circular pattern.

Human Nature/Life Death, 1983

Bruce Nauman

$Dark colored sculpture of womanǳ head composed of fractured geometric shapes.$

Head of a Woman (Fernande), 1909

Pablo Picasso

Forest filled with dozens of mostly nude women and men.

The Awakening of the Forest, 1939

Paul Delvaux

Multicolored painting of geometric shapes intersecting and overlapping in a circular flow.

Festival in Montmartre, 1913

Gino Severini

Large abstract painting of canvas sparsely filled with multicolored scribbles and shapes.

The First Part of the Return from Parnassus, 1961

Cy Twombly

Painting of bedroom, blue walls, green window, tan bed, red bedding.

The Bedroom, 1889

Vincent van Gogh

Painting of a pond seen up close spotted with thickly painted pink and white water lilies and a shadow across the top third of the picture.

Water Lilies, 1906

Claude Monet

Abstract shapes compose a mustached man and rearing horse against brown background.

The Policeman, 1925

Joan Miró

Abstract painting, black background covered with flicks and smudges of white and other colors.

Greyed Rainbow, 1953

Jackson Pollock

Two figures, one red, one yellow, lying under white sheets with limbs sticking out.

Couple in Bed, 1977

Philip Guston

Serene abstract work featuring overlapping shapes on a neutral background. Some shapes are outlined and filled in with dots of the same color. At top left, a circle radiating purple dots contains an almond-shaped eye. Near bottom right is a small bright-red circle with a tiny arrow beside it.

Sunset, 1930

Paul Klee

Balding man in tuxedo poses in orange, red, purple and green interior.

Self-Portrait, 1937

Max Beckmann

Impressionist painting of two girls on balcony, bright flower hat, knitting basket.

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A bronze sculpture of the Hindu divinity Shiva. Shiva, who has two pairs of arms, is depicted dancing inside of a circular ring. Balancing on one leg, Shiva gestures his arms to the side and front, as his loose locks of hair flow behind him.

Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja), Chola period, about 10th/11th century

Vertical black sculpture of rounded and rectangular shapes, suggesting a human figure.

Spoon Woman, 1926–27 (cast 1954)

Alberto Giacometti

Room with yellow wallpaper with graphic images, white dress under spotlight.

Untitled, 1989

Robert Gober

Painting of a red-haired, bearded man with light skin, painted in short brushstrokes and multicolored dots. The background is likewise a mass of small, closely spaced colored dots, these in green, blue, and red-orange.

Self-Portrait, 1887

Vincent van Gogh

Cubist painting of woman, bright yellow, green, purple colors.

The Red Armchair, December 16, 1931

Pablo Picasso