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

Jolly Tippler, Good Dog

A president who tippled, and an eternally faithful dog

Martha Tedeschi to Lead Harvard Art Museums

Hailing from the Art Institute of Chicago, Tedeschi will assume the role next July. 

by Sophia Nguyen

Not Made for Walkin'

Upward of 150 haute couture and historic shoes are on display in Manchester, N.H.

by Nell Porter-Brown

At the Harvard Art Museums, Indigenous Australian Art and Thought on Display

The Harvard Art Museums' new exhibition of Australian art aims to make indigenous lives “visible.”

by Sophia Nguyen

In "Art of Jazz," A Multivocal Exhibit

A “call and response” between the Harvard Art Museums and the Cooper Gallery

by Sophia Nguyen

Mapping the Ganges

A decade spent exploring India’s dynamic sacred river

by Nell Porter-Brown

WinterFest Weekends

Sledding, Nordic skiing, and art at Fruitlands Museum, in Harvard, Massachusetts

by Nell Porter-Brown

Worth a Thousand Words

A printmaker plays with the systems and structures of language.

by Samantha Maldonado

The Art of Juxtapositions

Lorraine O'Grady: Where Margins Become Centers at the Carpenter Center

by Nell Porter-Brown

Cuban Connections

When Americans occupied Cuba, 1898-1902

by John S. Rosenberg