Art Study Center Seminar: The Art of Industrialization

Published on June 12, 2026

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., June 12, 2026, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

A black and white photograph shows several groups of men gathered in a warehouse. Clothes hang from the ceiling, and a group of shirtless men bend over a long table.

The exhibition featuring Pınar Öğrenci’s Glück auf in Deutschland (Good Luck in Germany), currently on view in Gallery 1120, explores labor, class, migration, gender, and public health in the face of rapid industrialization in Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Inspired by the exhibition, this seminar will offer a close look at photographic representations of industry from our collections to consider these same issues. We will look at examples from Harvard’s Progressive-era Social Museum (1903–30) and by photographers including Ben Shahn, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Bernd and Hilla Becher, and Helga Paris.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Speaker(s): Lynette Roth, Daimler Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art
Cost: Free admission
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Contact Info: [email protected]
Harvard Key Required: No
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