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

Maps of the World

The surreal, artistic cartography of Darren Sears

by Lydialyle Gibson

Men and Their Castles

Historic New England explores the “bachelor decorators”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Unbuttoned Up

Works by Harlem-based artist Beau McCall at Brockton's Fuller Craft Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

Fairfield Porter

Brief life of an American realist artist and critic: 1907-1975

by Jane Borthwick

“Edifying and Beautiful”

Botanical illustrations on display at Harvard’s rare book library

by Jack R. Trapanick

Picturing Jazz

Works by Jason Moran at MASS MoCA

by Nell Porter-Brown

The MAD World

An illustrative retrospective at the Norman Rockwell Museum 

by Nell Porter-Brown

A Royal Tunic

Unraveling an Inca masterpiece’s secrets

by Max J. Krupnick

“The Ingenuity of an Architect”

Kimberly Dowdell influences her profession—and the built environment.

by Nell Porter-Brown

A Leading en Plein Air Painter

Kathleen B Hudson ’09 captures the essence of the outdoors, from the Rocky Mountains to the beaches of Maui.

by Brandon Rosas