German Expressionists understood frames as integral to their paintings—often designing, carving, and painting the frames themselves. And yet, over the last century, many such frames were removed by art dealers, collectors, and even museums. In this talk, curator Lynette Roth tells the story of how a team of colleagues reframed the Busch-Reisinger Museum’s paintings collection in advance of the Harvard Art Museums’ re-opening in 2014. Based on extensive research and recent scholarship on and growing interest in German Expressionist frames, these “new” frames replicate lost originals, thus restoring as close as possible the artists’ original intent. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: + An Introduction to the Busch-Reisinger Museum with Lynette Roth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCbxKaLSa6c + Exhibition "Never Apart. Frames and Pictures by the Brücke Artists": https://www.bruecke-museum.de/en/programm/ausstellungen/607/never-apart-frames-and-pictures-by-the-brcke-artists. Exhibition catalog (in german): https://spark.adobe.com/page/n7VBpNcO59tG0/ + Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, “Self-Portrait with Cat,” 1920. Oil on commercially woven cotton fabric, Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Museum purchase, BR50.12. https://hvrd.art/o/304414. + Emil Nolde, “Mulatto,” 1913. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, G. David Thompson Fund, BR54.117. https://hvrd.art/o/223804. Speakers: + Lynette Roth, Daimler Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum and Head, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art; + Moderated by Soyoung Lee, Landon and Lavinia Clay Chief Curator of the Harvard Art Museums. This talk is part of a series inspired by ReFrame, a museum-wide initiative to reimagine the function, role, and future of the university art museum. These talks examine difficult histories, foreground untold stories, and experiment with new approaches to the collections of the Harvard Art Museums, reflecting the concerns of our world today. --- Copyright Disclaimer: Any use of copyrighted content on this channel constitutes “fair use” pursuant to 17 U.S. Code § 107 as it is utilized for the purpose of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Video: Recorded Tuesday, June 29, 2021. © President and Fellows of Harvard College. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at am_divr@harvard.edu.