Visual Arts
Explore exhibitions, artists, and visual works that enrich Harvard’s cultural and academic life.
At Harvard’s Peabody Museum, Photos Reimagine Iranian History
Artist Azadeh Akhlaghi reconstructs moments of Iranian political upheaval in a series of meticulously staged images.
Artist Sarah Hulsey explores the hidden beauty in texts and maps
A printmaker plays with the systems and structures of language.
Lorraine O'Grady: Where Margins Become Centers at the Carpenter Center
Lorraine O'Grady: Where Margins Become Centers at the Carpenter Center
"Occupied Cuba: 1898-1902" photos from the U.S. occupation on exhibit at Harvard
When Americans occupied Cuba, 1898-1902
Joseph Koerner on the significance of Max Beckmann's "Self-Portrait in Tuxedo"
Max Beckmann’s Self-Portrait in Tuxedo
“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.
Query on Bruno Munari
Did you take VES 130 or VES 150 during spring term 1967?
"Wonder Woman" veteran Cliff Chiang delivers an original series, "Paper Girls"
A comics artist tries his hand at a new story.
Day of the Dead at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology highlights the holiday on November 1.
Theo Jansen's "strandbeests" visit the Peabody Essex Museum
Dutch artist Theo Jansen's otherworldly strandbeests
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.