Featured series 
Tag: Visual Arts
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Arts & Culture
‘Dark things can be quite illuminating’
Horror writing instructor defends prestige of ‘genre that bites back’
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Arts & Culture
Art in motion
Stroboscopic technique uses darkness to shine light on the science of movement
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Campus & Community
Add some drama to your wardrobe
A.R.T. sells off costumes dating to 1980s, attracting thrifters and theater-lovers alike
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Arts & Culture
Unearthed papyrus contains lost scenes from Euripides’ plays
Alums help identify, decipher ‘one of the most significant new finds in Greek literature in this century’
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A photographer who makes historical subjects dance
Wendel White manifests the impetus behind his new monograph during Harvard talk
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Arts & Culture
When the act of writing itself is part of the art
Calligrapher Wang Dongling creates piece with ‘chaotic script’ before Harvard Art Museums audience
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Arts & Culture
Making creation a career
Alumni in the arts share insights and lifelong impact of campus involvement
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Arts & Culture
In Harry Smith exhibit, Carpenter Center captures a life that defies categorization
Artist’s eclectic, connected body of work explores his wide interests — and influence
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Arts & Culture
We know about the wars. What about the flowers?
Exhibit tracing multicultural exchanges over three centuries finds common threads and plenty of drama, from crown envy to tulip mania
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Arts & Culture
What to make? Let the wheels decide.
‘Randomizer’ gets creative gears spinning in ceramic studio
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Campus & Community
Fiona Coffey named director of the Office for the Arts at Harvard
Innovative and accomplished leader, believes in integrating arts into nontraditional spaces, disciplines
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Campus & Community
How an artist discovered a shining star
Exhibit on MBTA Red Line honors work of woman astronomer whose work paved path for modern astrophysics but remained hidden in her lifetime
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Arts & Culture
Everything, everywhere, all at once (kind of)
There’s never a shortage of creativity on campus. But during Arts First, it all comes out to play.
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Arts & Culture
Art from a long-dead civilization springs back to life
Moving experience at the Museum of the Ancient Near East adds ‘layer of mixed reality’ to exhibits
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Arts & Culture
Storytelling through body language
Veteran of Blue Man Group teaches students art of building a character without saying a word
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Campus & Community
Parrot tale
‘Beyond Words’ dramatizes story of former Harvard researcher and famous bird
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Arts & Culture
‘It is your family’s journey, too’
Artist Yu-Wen Wu discusses ‘Walking to Taipei,’ a recent Museums acquisition, and how immigration, life experiences inspire her work
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Arts & Culture
Why this Lily Gladstone fan won’t see ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Native filmmaker discusses actor’s historic Oscar nomination, new wave of Indigenous storytelling, and his decision not to watch Scorsese epic
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Arts & Culture
Portrait of the artist as a working mother
LaToya M. Hobbs made ‘Carving Out Time’ literal
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Arts & Culture
When Picasso’s haunting portrait of war came to Harvard
Exhibit captures early reaction to one of 20th century’s most famous works of art
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Arts & Culture
Bringing their whole selves to work
242 artists (with day gigs at Harvard) display in range of media at annual show
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Campus & Community
An artistic journey comes full circle
Yun Thwaits credits Harvard Ed Portal with kick-starting her photography career. Now she’s back to exhibit her work.
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Campus & Community
Carpenter Center appoints new director
Dan Byers has been named as the John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Director of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, effective June 1.
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Campus & Community
Instagram takeover: Students highlight the arts on Harvard’s account
Undergrads Samuel Fisch and Lance Oppenheim take over Harvard’s Instagram account to highlight Arts First and the student experience of the arts at Harvard.
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Arts & Culture
Arts First at 25
Since 1992, Arts First has had a profound effect on more than just the students who go on to become professional artists.
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Arts & Culture
‘Humanity’ through a telephone by way of a telescope
A large-scale, audio-video installation uses the Fukushima nuclear disaster as a starting point to examine the fragility of humanity. “Ah humanity!” was created by Harvard artists Ernst Karel, Véréna Paravel, and Lucien Castaing-Taylor.
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Arts & Culture
An art exhibit replete with diversity
“Attached” is this year’s display of senior theses in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies. Their work is on display through May 24.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Neighbors Gallery seeks artists for 2011-12 season
The Harvard Neighbors Gallery is seeking Harvard artists for the 2011-12 season. Located at Loeb House, 17 Quincy St., Harvard Neighbors provides an opportunity for Harvard-affiliated artists to show their works.
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Campus & Community
Real Colegio Complutense seeks visual artists
The Real Colegio Complutense (RCC) is calling all local visual artists to participate in its second annual art exhibit, also part of Harvard’s annual Arts First events from April 28 to May 1.