Visual Arts
Explore exhibitions, artists, and visual works that enrich Harvard’s cultural and academic life.
Rachel Ruysch’s Lush (Still) Life
Now on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, a Dutch painter’s art proved a treasure trove for scientists.
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.
Corita Kent’s Screenprints Are Part of Pop Art’s History and Culture
A Harvard exhibit situates her work in the Pop art movement.
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
Promoting the Arts and Humanities at Harvard Medical School
This fall, Harvard Medical School will launch a new program to promote the arts and humanities.
by Zara Zhang
Harvard Ceramicist Christopher Adams and His Thousands of Clay Critters
Christopher Adams brings ceramics to life (or vice versa).
Harvard’s Robin Kelsey On Photography
Robin Kelsey probes the place of photography within art.
Our American History-in Images
Original works by “Golden Age” illustrators on view in Newport, Rhode Island