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
Blanche Ames
Brief life of an intrepid botanical illustrator: 1878-1969
by Laura J. Snyder
Capturing New England
A Boston Athenaeum print exhibit reveals “a distinctive sense of place.”
by Nell Porter-Brown
A Rural Retreat
Lincoln offers rich history, nature trails, local food, and art.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Birds in Hand
A trip to Mass Audubon’s unique art museum
by Nell Porter-Brown
The Lost Museum
Recreating the Philosophy Chamber
by Jonathan Shaw , Jennifer Carling
Land of the Living
Springtime at Mount Auburn Cemetery
by Nell Porter-Brown
Dress for Excess
Fashion collides with high art at the Peabody Essex Museum.
by Nell Porter-Brown
The Everyday Dignity of Helen Zughaib’s Refugees
The Lebanese-American painter depicts people who pay the price of war.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Contextualizing Inauguration Day through Presidential Portraits
Curator Ethan Lasser invites museum visitors to critically evaluate how our nation’s leaders are depicted in art.
by Oset Babür
Visitors, Not Viewers
At Radcliffe, a touchable exhibit plays with perception.
by Lily Scherlis