Carpenter Center
for the
Visual Arts
Visitor Information
Free and open to the public
To ensure all of our visitors have a safe and enjoyable experience, please be aware of the following COVID-19 guidance:
Masks are optional.
If you are feeling unwell, are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, please do not enter the galleries at this time.
We look forward
to your visit!
About
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University is housed in the only building in North America designed by Swiss-born architect Le Corbusier. It hosts the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies, exhibition spaces, and the Harvard Film Archive.
Publications
Making books with artists is central to the Carpenter Center’s mission. Our publishing program complements our commission-based curatorial program, with a focus on new scholarship and texts, and an artist-involved design process. Many of our books are co-published with our institutional collaborators, and they are distributed by D.A.P.
Visit our Publications and Bookshop tab for more info!
Art, Film, and Visual
Studies
Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies is home to a range of studio and theoretical studies in the arts at Harvard University. It offers courses in painting, drawing, sculpture, film, video and animation as well as photography, film history and theory, and contemporary art.
Harvard Film Archive
Harvard Film Archive presents films each week in a 200-seat theater featuring state-of-the-art film and digital projection, regularly hosting filmmakers to discuss their work. The archive holds over 25,000 audio and visual items from around the world and almost every period in film history.
Now Showing
OZU 120: THE COMPLETE OZU YASUJIRO
June 9 – September 16
LATE KIAROSTAMI
May 12 – 27