Visual Arts

Explore exhibitions, artists, and visual works that enrich Harvard’s cultural and academic life.

A vibrant composition of flowers, a bird, and butterflies with a distant manor under a moody sky.

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.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Yamamoto's installation, made of 20 orange tubes that stretch from floor to ceiling in a white room.

Making Space

The natural history of Junko Yamamoto’s art and architecture

by Nina Pasquini

Image of a bat depicting the love-hate relationship associated with the creatures

Curiosities: Bats, In Fact

Peabody Essex Museum dispels negative myths around these nocturnal creatures 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Large tapestry featuring colorful woven saris and metal bells

Fresh Takes on the Caribbean

The ICA/Boston's exhibit offers views from the diaspora  

by Nell Porter-Brown

Wintry Portsmouth at sunset

No Sleepy Coastal Town

Visiting Portsmouth in winter

by Nell Porter-Brown

Bronze sculpture of a winged face and torso stands in a lush green garden

Thinking Archaically

The earthly permanence of Romolo Del Deo’s sculpture

by Jacob Sweet

Abstract photographs of colored lights, hands, and swirls

Curiosities: Lighting the World

Ellen Carey's pioneering photographs, New Britain Museum of American Art

by Nell Porter-Brown

Illustration for Harvard Lampoon cover showing a Harvard-Yale football game rendered in the style of the famous Bayeux Tapestry

Football: The Tapestry

David C.K. McClelland’s famous Lampoon cover

by Craig Lambert

Inclusive Design, Incisive Art

Amy Yoshitsu’s vision for change

by Claire Zulkey

Cecilia Zhou

Bringing Art to Life

Cecilia Zhou’s approach to makeup, protest, and science

by Max J. Krupnick

The South Sea Bubble exhibit on display in the North Lobby of Baker Library

The Burst of the South Sea Bubble

A Harvard Business School exhibit documents the first global financial crisis. 

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen