Visual Arts
Explore exhibitions, artists, and visual works that enrich Harvard’s cultural and academic life.
Rachel Ruysch’s Lush (Still) Life
Now on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, a Dutch painter’s art proved a treasure trove for scientists.
Curiosities: A Fantasy Trip
“Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration,” at the Norman Rockwell Museum
Sequestering Carbon Dioxide In Diamonds
Countering greenhouse gases by making diamonds from the sky
Harvard Art Museums Names a New Curator
Horace D. Ballard will direct American art collections at the museums.
Peabody Essex Museum’s “In American Waters”
From oceanic voyages to romping in the waves, a new exhibit explores relationships to water.
Trade Cards, Eye-Catching Heralds of Mass-Marketing
A nineteenth-century advertising medium traces the rise of consumer culture.
New Bedford
Exploring the coastal fishing hub’s history, architecture, parks, and arts scene
Alexander Gassel Retrospective at the Museum of Russian Icons
A blend of Russian Orthodox iconography and mythical motifs
Baseball-Jersey Fashion
The Worcester Art Museum spotlights baseball garb.
Highfield Hall & Gardens, On Cape Cod
The renewed community life of a grand Cape Cod estate
An Intellectual History of the Cold War Era
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.