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.
Transforming Portraiture and the World
Alumnus-commissioned paintings of global luminaries are now a landmark gift to the National Portrait Gallery.
Rainforest Flora Images by Margaret Mee
Botanical bounty at Dumbarton Oaks
American Gold Rush, Peabody Essex Museum
“Gold Rush: Daguerreotypes of Early California,” at the Peabody Essex Museum
At Home with Harvard: Night at the Museum
Our favorite stories about Harvard’s rich museums and collections
Bruce Museum’s Spring Shows
Images that help unveil the truth of what we can see
A Sweeping Exhibit Covers 250 Years of Japanese Art
Paintings from the Edo period convey “a powerful sense of there-ness.”
Harvard Portrait: Shawon Kinew
Connecting European Old Masters with the new landscape of art history
Romare Bearden Profiled by Robert G. O’Meally
Brief life of a textured artist: 1911-1988
Performance Artist and Activist Lena Chen
Lena Chen transforms trauma into art and performance.
Harvard Treasure: Hasty Pudding Posters
“Shingles” and other art of the Hasty Pudding from the Harvard Theatre Collection.