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Exhibitions

On View

Art, Film and Visual Studies 2026 Senior Thesis Exhibition: And Yet We Are Dreamers

May 1–May 29, 2026

Upcoming

No Slop, No Second Screen: Animation—the hard-won image

June 12–October 4, 2026

Alex Lee, My Van Goghs, 2008. Animation still. Courtesy the artist. Collection of Harvard Film Archive 

Carpenter Center presents Salad Days: Primary Information

June 18–August 16, 2026

Photo by Naoko Maeda. Courtesy of Primary Information.

Knowledge is Myth: Chimeric Continuities

October 1–December 13, 2026

Ami Lien and Enzo Camacho, Waves Move Bile, 2021 

Past Exhibitions

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There are 116 exhibitions in our archive, dating back to 2004.

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The Carpenter Center is the only building in North America designed by Swiss-born architect Le Corbusier.  Learn more about the architecture of our iconic building.

The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts shares the building with the department of art, film, and visual studies and the harvard film archive.

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Photo: Aerial Photography of New England.

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Photo: Aerial Photography of New England.