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.

by Lydialyle Gibson

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

Japan On Paper, Harvard Art Museums

Harvard’s enticing Japanese woodblock prints

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard Lowell House Changes Portraits Display

A meaningful change in the images on display in the renewed Lowell House

by John S. Rosenberg

Allston Artlab Prepares to Open

An “interdisciplinary laboratory devoted to creativity, innovation, collaboration, and connection” 

by Jonathan Shaw , Marina N. Bolotnikova

Transform Your Space for Spring

Brighten and lighten

by Kara Baskin

Excerpt from “How Art Works: A Psychological Exploration”

Unpacking “what art does to us”

Artweek 2019

ArtWeek 2019 offers hundreds of events around Massachusetts.

by Nell Porter-Brown