Spotlight Tour: Model as Muse with Giselle Acosta ’27

Published on September 6, 2026

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sun., Sep. 6, 2026, 11 – 11:50 a.m.

In this photomontage, a smiling young woman, wearing a white dress with a black belt, gestures toward a painting that appears to float beside her. In the painting, a red-haired woman in a cream-colored dress sits with her head inclined toward a stringed

On this tour, Giselle Acosta ’27 will explore the lens through which artists depict their models, specifically the ones they elevate to the venerable rank of muse. The works on the tour will be Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s A Sea-Spell(1875–77), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s Self-Portrait with Cat (1920), and a 13-century Persian plaque.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Speaker(s): Giselle Acosta ’27
Cost: Free admission
Contact Info: [email protected] or 617-495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: harvardartmuseums.org…

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