Visual Arts

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

These Harvard Mountaineers Braved Denali’s Wall of Ice

John Graham’s Denali Diary documents a dangerous and historic climb.

by Lydialyle Gibson

“Black Chronicles II” photo exhibit at Harvard’s Cooper Gallery corrects history

Black Chronicles II, an exhibit at Harvard’s Cooper Gallery, calls for a more representative history.

by Jenny Gathright

Query on Bruno Munari

Did you take VES 130 or VES 150 during spring term 1967?

Day of the Dead at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology highlights the holiday on November 1.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Theo Jansen's "strandbeests" visit the Peabody Essex Museum

Dutch artist Theo Jansen's otherworldly strandbeests

by Nell Porter-Brown

The Hull Lifesaving Museum highlights U.S. Coast Guard and maritime rescues

The South Shore's Hull Lifesaving Museum reflects more than a century of rescues at sea.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Corita Kent's screenprints are part of Pop art's history and culture

A Harvard exhibit situates her work in the Pop art movement.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard’s Houghton Library chronicles 150 years of “Alice in Wonderland”

Houghton Library exhibition chronicles 150 years of Alice in Wonderland.

by Zara Zhang

At Harvard, artist Jesse Aron Green puts a viewer through his paces

Harvard Art Museums’ installation and film series by Jesse Aron Green ’02

by Bailey Trela