Visual Arts

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

A photograph of the inside of the From Iran exhibit at the Harvard Peabody Museum

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

<i>Summer Palace,</i> 2009, in Philadelphia

Patrick Dougherty's stick sculptures grace colonial Salem, Massachusetts

Sculptor Patrick Dougherty builds his latest fanciful structures on Boston's North Shore.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Student occupiers in University Hall, 1969

Photographer Tim Carlson focuses on athletes in nature

Photographer Tim Carlson focuses on athletes in nature.

by Steve Potter

Harvard Magazine honors Adam Kirsch, others

Writers and artists who made special contributions to the magazine in 2014

From photographer Brandon Thibodeaux's <i>When Morning Comes</i> series

The Griffin Museum of Photography explores the Mississippi Delta and books

The Griffin Museum of Photography’s winter exhibits

Harvard Art Museums celebrates American Paintings at Harvard

Lecture celebrates the release of American Art at Harvard, Volume One

Kara Walker's most recent work of public art, known as <i>A Subtlety,</i> made news months after its closing, when she produced a video, <i>An Audience,</i> compiling visitor reactions to the work in its final hours.

Kara Walker gives talk at Radcliffe Institute about her life and art

At the Radcliffe Institute, the artist unraveled some of the mysteries of her installation, A Subtlety.

by Sophia Nguyen

Members of the Harvard community and area residents celebrated the official opening of the Harvard Art Museums on November 16.

The renovated Harvard Art Museums open

The renovated Harvard Art Museums open

The renovated and expanded Harvard Art Museums have entrances on both Quincy and Prescott Streets. The staff of the Museums hopes that casual passersby will filter through the building and gather in its central courtyard.

A preview of the Harvard Art Museums

Welcoming the University community through a series of special talks and celebrations, the Harvard Art Museums re-introduce themselves.

This model city by Bodys Isek Kingelez anchors <i>Luminós/C/ity.Ordinary Joy: From the Pigozzi Contemporary African Art Collection</i>.

African artists showcased in new Cooper Gallery at Harvard's Hutchins Center

At the Hutchins Center, a new gallery opens with an exhibit exploring life in African cities.

Photograph by Jim Harrison

Additional photographs of the Harvard Art Museums' galleries

Additional images of the Harvard Art Museums galleries