Exhibitions

A photograph of a porcelain figure produced by the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory and a porcelain abstract sculpture by artist Arlene Shechet.

Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums

July 1, 2022–July 6, 2025 Modern and Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums

Experience the Harvard Art Museums’ historical collections through fresh eyes in a one-of-a kind installation by contemporary American sculptor Arlene Shechet. By presenting...

A grouping of terracotta spheres of varying sizes displayed on an outdoor concrete terrace.

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Bosco Sodi: Origen

March 18, 2023–June 9, 2024 Buddhist Sculpture, Early Chinese Art, Harvard Art Museums

A new site-specific installation by Mexican artist Bosco Sodi creates a space for contemplation and reflection, marking the first outdoor public art display for...

Long brown pipe with decorated bowl at one end.

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Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire, and the Chinese Art Trade

September 15, 2023–January 14, 2024 Special Exhibitions Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

How did the sale of opium in China by Massachusetts merchants in the 19th century contribute to a growing appetite for Chinese art at...

A bright red, rectangular ceramic relief with horizontal and vertical impressions on the surface.

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Seeing in Art and Medicine

September 2, 2023–December 30, 2023 University Research Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

Try your hand at close-looking activities in this interactive exhibition, which examines objects from across the collections through the lens of the medical humanities...

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A Colloquium in the Visual Arts

September 2, 2023–December 30, 2023 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...

Wolf Vostell: Dé-coll/age Is Your Life January 20, 2024–May 5, 2024
University Research Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

See how Wolf Vostell created art, as well as an expansive aesthetic philosophy, that challenged huma...

LaToya M. Hobbs: It’s Time March 1, 2024–July 21, 2024
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...

American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light May 20, 2023–August 13, 2023
University Study Gallery, University Teaching Gallery, University Research Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

Discover how American watercolorists from Winslow Homer to Hannah Wilke leveraged the imaginative an...

From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire March 3, 2023–July 30, 2023
Special Exhibitions Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

Discover a more complete story of art from the Spanish Empire—and a broader definition of American a...

Artisanal Modernism January 28, 2023–May 7, 2023
University Teaching Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

Complementing seminars taught in Harvard’s Department of History of Art and Architecture in 2022 and...

A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection January 28, 2023–May 7, 2023
University Research Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

Glimpse into ancient Greek and Roman worlds—and see your own with fresh eyes. A World Within Reach...

Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment September 16, 2022–January 15, 2023
Special Exhibitions Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

See how the graphic arts inspired, shaped, and gave immediacy to new ideas in the Enlightenment era,...

A Colloquium in the Visual Arts August 27, 2022–December 30, 2022
University Teaching Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

The Harvard course A Colloquium in the Visual Arts (Humanities 20) is an introduction to the study o...

Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Facing Forward August 27, 2022–December 30, 2022
University Research Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

Come face to face with portraits of Egyptians who lived during the Roman period and discover what ro...

Processing the Page: Computer Vision and Otto Piene’s Sketchbooks July 5, 2022–July 31, 2022
Lightbox Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

The Busch-Reisinger Museum was recently gifted more than 70 sketchbooks kept by artist Otto Piene (1...

Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics May 21, 2022–August 14, 2022
University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

Transport yourself over millennia and marvel at East Asian ceramics of all shapes, styles, colors, a...

Crossroads: Drawing the Dutch Landscape May 21, 2022–August 14, 2022
University Teaching Gallery, University Research Gallery, Harvard Art Museums

Towns, farms, waterways, and woods—discover how Rembrandt, Van Goyen, Van Ruisdael, and more approac...

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Exhibitions

Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums

Bosco Sodi: Origen

Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire, and the Chinese Art Trade

Seeing in Art and Medicine

A Colloquium in the Visual Arts

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