Exhibitions

Upcoming Exhibitions

Edna Andrade: Imagination Is Never Static Poster Image

Edna Andrade: Imagination Is Never Static


University Research Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

Celebrate a 20th-century artist whose innovative abstract drawings and paintings continue to inspire. 
Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black Poster Image

Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black


Special Exhibitions Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

Discover how simple tools can be powerful vehicles for artistic expression.

Past Exhibitions

The Art of Looking: 150 Years of Art History at Harvard Poster Image

The Art of Looking: 150 Years of Art History at Harvard


University Teaching Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

This installation, organized by Felipe Pereda, the Fernando Zóbel de Ayala Professor of Spanish Art, and the graduate students of his Methods and Theory of Art History seminar in Spring 2024, highlights a number of significant moments and central figures in the story of art history at Harvard.

Joana Choumali: Languages of West African Marketplaces Poster Image

Joana Choumali: Languages of West African Marketplaces


University Research Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

Explore the complex and multinational economy of secondhand T-shirts through the vibrant mixed-media photographs of award-winning Ivorian artist Joana Choumali.
Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation Poster Image

Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation


University Research Gallery, Special Exhibitions Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

Discover an array of artworks that transcend borders and spotlight the complexities of modern German identity.
Art of the Black World Poster Image

Art of the Black World


University Teaching Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

This small-scale installation accompanies the Harvard course Art of the Black World (History of Art and Architecture 178V and African and African American Studies 178X).
A Colloquium in the Visual Arts Poster Image

A Colloquium in the Visual Arts


University Teaching Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

The Harvard course A Colloquium in the Visual Arts (Humanities 20) is an introduction to the study of the humanities through major works of art and architecture from around the world: everything from ancient Greek vases and Japanese woodblock prints to Baroque sculpture and cinematic art.
Imagine Me and You: Dutch and Flemish Encounters with the Islamic World, 1450–1750 Poster Image

Imagine Me and You: Dutch and Flemish Encounters with the Islamic World, 1450–1750


University Study Gallery, University Teaching Gallery, University Research Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

Discover a story of cross-cultural artistic connection over 300 years between the Dutch, the Flemish, and the Islamic world.
Future Minded: New Works in the Collection Poster Image

Future Minded: New Works in the Collection


Special Exhibitions Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

Examine the museums’ recent acquisitions, spanning centuries and media.
LaToya M. Hobbs: It’s Time Poster Image

LaToya M. Hobbs: It’s Time


Special Exhibitions Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

Immerse yourself in a day in the life of a contemporary artist through a tour de force of monumental printmaking.
Picasso: War, Combat, and Revolution Poster Image

Picasso: War, Combat, and Revolution


University Teaching Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

This installation complements the Harvard course World Fairs (History of Art and Architecture 194W and African and African American Studies 194Z), which focuses on Picasso’s engagement with war, combat, and revolution.
Wolf Vostell: Dé-coll/age Is Your Life Poster Image

Wolf Vostell: Dé-coll/age Is Your Life


University Research Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

See how Wolf Vostell created art, as well as an expansive aesthetic philosophy, that challenged human complacency toward war, genocide, and other catastrophic world events.