Visual Arts

Explore exhibitions, artists, and visual works that enrich Harvard’s cultural and academic life.

Three climbers seated on a snowy summit, surrounded by clouds, appearing contemplative.

These Harvard Mountaineers Braved Denali’s Wall of Ice

John Graham’s Denali Diary documents a dangerous and historic climb.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Images from the Ballets Russes

Elegant photographs of dancing’s stars

by Nell Porter-Brown

A grinning woman in traditional Nigerian dress sits cross-legged on the floor surrounded by modern devices, including a power strip, a land-line telephone, and a desktop computer displaying on its screen a duplicate image of the entire montage.

Fatimah Tuggar at the Davis Museum

Fatimah Tuggar explores artisanship and technology, at the Davis Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

Bow Street’s festive courtyard lit up at night.

In Somerville, Bow Market’s unique vibe

Somerville’s Bow Market makes its mark.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Five flutists playing together on stage

The ArtLab Debuts

The ArtLab debuts.

by Lydialyle Gibson

A color-paper collage used by Edwin Land to develop an influential theory of color vision

“Visual Science” exhibit at Harvard

New Harvard exhibit explores “Visual Science: The Art of Research”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard Art Museums Exhibition on Prince Shōtoku Icon

A Harvard Art Museums exhibit reunites a thirteenth-century Japanese icon with artifacts it once held.

by Nina Pasquini

Excerpt from Suzanne Preston Blier, “Picasso’s ‘Demoiselles’”

A Harvard scholar presents the “untold origins of a modern masterpiece.”

Kay Kenny’s nighttime photographs at the Griffin Museum

Photographer Kay Kenny’s work illuminates the night.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Graphic novelist Amy Chu

Graphic novelist Amy Chu

by S.I. Rosenbaum

Clay—Modeling African Design exhibit

Pliable arts from across the continent

by Marina N. Bolotnikova