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

Contemporary art at Harvard Business School, thanks to Gerald W. Schwartz

An unusual art collection in an unexpected place

by John S. Rosenberg

Rotterdam art theft prompts response from security expert Anthony Amore

Anthony Amore, M.P.A. ’00, comments on a Rotterdam museum’s loss.

Art installation by Peter Agoos at Boston's Fort Point Channel

Peter Agoos ’75 brightened Boston’s public art scene this summer.

The geometric works of sculptor Morton C. Bradley

The geometric works of sculptor Morton C. Bradley

Michael Wang '03 creates micrograph art of artificially produced stem cells

Michael Wang's Differentiation Series, a sequence of micrograph images of artificially produced stem cells, is on display at the Carpenter Center through October 7.

The paper art of Laurie Krasny Brown

Laurie Krasny Brown crafts colorful works from an “accessible, flexible, beautiful” material.

by Craig Lambert

Video game designer Scott Duquette of 38 Studios

Video-game designer Scott Duquette ’05, a new kind of urban planner

by Dan Barbarisi

Japanese nature painting exhibit is National Gallery's seventh most popular ever

Suite of Japanese nature paintings draws more visitors than 1976 King Tut exhibit

Brooke Lampley heads modern and impressionist art at Christie's

Brooke Lampley '02 heads modern and impressionist art at Christie's.

by Craig Lambert

Rare 1776 U.S. flag displayed; Motif No. 1 celebrated in new book

A star-spangled Colonial find and a book honoring Motif No. 1