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.
Quilts are art, as the International Quilt Study Center and Museum proves
Fabric art that rises from mattresses to museum walls
Innovation in humanities courses aims to reach larger numbers of students
New gateways into the humanities for students “still fully molten as human beings”
Robert PIllsbury crafts art works from layers of paper
Paper artist Robert Pillsbury ’61 makes his work from stacked cut sheets of paper.
Jessica Ambats shoots air-to-air photographs of airplanes
Jessica Ambats '95 makes amazing photographs of airplanes from the air.
Cityscapes by Derek Reist feature sunlight and shadow
Sunlight and shadow star in Derek Reist’s urban landscapes.
by Steve Potter
Seedpod photographs by Anna Laurent
Little packages of DNA that explode with beauty
Murray Dewart's sculptures embody life from the inside out
Bronze and granite come alive for Murray Dewart.
Harvard art historian Jennifer Roberts teaches the value of immersive attention
Teaching students the value of deceleration and immersive attention
Emma Katz of Recession Art in Brooklyn is a fine-arts entrepreneur
Where inspired artists meet aspiring collectors
Photographer Diana Mara Henry publishes her collection "Women on the Move"
Photographer Diana Mara Henry ’69 publishes her collection Women on the Move.