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
Second-Life Photography
A profile of cultural photographer Lee Smith
by Craig Lambert
Fernando Zóbel de Ayala
A brief profile of the peripatetic painter and philanthropist
by John Seed
Up in the Air
Aerial photographer Alex MacLean documents the effects of the American lifestyle on the American landscape.
by Paul Gleason
From Daguerreotype to Photoshop
Art historian Robin Kelsey examines photographs of all kinds to reveal what they say about human history, society, and culture.
by Craig Lambert
Advancing Art
Art historian and former museum curator Emily Rauh Pulitzer gives the Harvard Art Museum 31 important works of modern and contemporary art and $45 million, enhancing a tradition she shared with her late husband, Joseph Pulitzer Jr
Degas, Renoir, and More on Display at Dumbarton Oaks
A collection of modern French paintings is being exhibited for the first time at this Harvard-owned museum in Washington, D.C.
Photos in Thread
Fabric artist Linda Liu Behar stitches embroideries atop her own photographs.
by Craig Lambert
Young Audubon
Jean-Jacques Audubon did not become the internationally celebrated John James Audubon of The Birds of America overnight...
Eye on the Universe
The cosmic drama, as seen from a vantage in space: Harvard astronomers highlight important images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
by Jonathan Shaw , Jennifer Carling
Underground Party
Commuters making their way through the underground corridors of the sprawling Times Square subway station in Manhattan now have some...