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.

by Olivia Farrar

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

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).

by Olivia Schwob

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

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard Art Museums installs “Triangle Constellation” by Carlos Amorales

A new sculpture, calibrated to help the Harvard Art Museums achieve balance

by Sophia Nguyen

Sculptor Janet Echelman weaves large-scale urban art

Janet Echelman’s urban sculptures take to the skies.

by Olivia Schwob

Boston's South End Garden Tour 2015 offers glimpses into private oases

Visitors may explore more than 30 urban green spaces during the South End Garden Tour 2015.

by Nell Porter-Brown