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.
Biographical sketch of French artist Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
A brief profile of an enterprising French artist
Mnemonic Masks
Inspired by his Yup’ik heritage, Phillip Charette educates through his art.
Ancestral Influences
View images of Phillip Charette's masks alongside masks from the Smithsonian Institution holdings that inspired him.
Second-Life Photography
A profile of cultural photographer Lee Smith
Fernando Zóbel de Ayala
A brief profile of the peripatetic painter and philanthropist
by John Seed
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
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.
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.