Visual Arts

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

Pony Plunges

Scrapbooking a woman who rode horses into the sea

by Max J. Krupnick

Thinking about Space

Design courses enlarge the College curriculum.

by Lily Scherlis

Painter, Anew

Nell Painter reflects on leaving the ivory tower for art school at age 64.

by Olivia Schwob

Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race

Watch human-powered machines prevail—or not—in Lowell.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Silver, Screens

Recent acquisitions at the Harvard Art Museums train a fresh lens on photography and video art.

by Sophia Nguyen

A New Head Curator for the Harvard Art Museums

Korean art expert Soyoung Lee will join the museums in September.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Seasons at the Arboretum

A veteran photographer of people turns his lens to plants.

by Jonathan Shaw

Gymsuits, Pre-Spandex

Lest young ladies’ “tides” be deranged

by Sophia Nguyen

Kevin Beasley at the ICA/Boston

Sculptures that resonate with what’s not there

by Nell Porter-Brown

MASS MoCA

MASS MoCA’s summer smorgasbord

by Nell Porter-Brown

Last of the Seafarers

In Indonesia, the Bajau fishermen’s way of life is under pressure.

by Lydialyle Gibson , David Hu