Visual Arts
Explore exhibitions, artists, and visual works that enrich Harvard’s cultural and academic life.
Pony Plunges
Scrapbooking a woman who rode horses into the sea
by Max J. Krupnick
Unusual Triptych
Three unusual art installations at Harvard by Ai Weiwei, Olafur Eliasson, and Tomás Saraceno
The Essence of Commencement
A photographer captures three decades of graduation moments and emotions.
Susan Meiselas Named Harvard Arts Medalist
The photographer will be honored during the Arts First celebration in April.
New Faces
Steven Coit's portraits diversify Harvard's walls, and the 1947 football team defies racism.
Homeless Artists Respond to Stereotypes
Paintings by homeless artists in New Jersey respond to the social perception of homeless people as cold and incompetent.
A Lens on History
Photographer Susan Meiselas’s quest to understand via images. With audio from the interview.
Tropical Abstractions
Painter George Oommen creates distinctive images of Kerala, India—his homeland. With video of the artist at work.
by Craig Lambert
Urban Utopias
Two Beijing photographers interpret China's breakneck change from Communist revolution to market-based consumerism.
by John S. Rosenberg
Painting with Gravity
This video, shot in the studio of painter George Oommen, explores Oommen's distinctive dripping technique.
Real Fashion Police
Should U.S. fashion designers enjoy the same copyright protection as fellow creative artists—and their European counterparts?
by Craig Lambert