Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibitions
The Solomon Collection: Dürer to Degas and Beyond
Explore a remarkable collection of artworks that span the centuries and discover how it was assembled over seven decades.
Edna Andrade: Imagination Is Never Static
Celebrate a 20th-century artist whose innovative abstract drawings and paintings continue to inspire.
Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black
Discover how simple tools can be powerful vehicles for artistic expression.
Past Exhibitions
The Art of Looking: 150 Years of Art History at Harvard
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
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
Discover an array of artworks that transcend borders and spotlight the complexities of modern German identity.
Art of the Black World
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
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
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
Examine the museums’ recent acquisitions, spanning centuries and media.
LaToya M. Hobbs: It’s Time
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
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
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.