Carpenter Center
  • for the Visual Arts
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for the Visual Arts
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  • Meet our staff and learn about the institution and our collaborators
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On View

No Slop, No Second Screen: Animation—the hard-won image
is on view until October 4.
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Devon Guinn, The Hedgehog’s Dilemma, 2017.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Knowledge Is Myth: Chimeric Continuities
will be on view from October 1 to December 13, 2026.
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Ami Lien and Enzo Camacho, waves move bile, 2021 

Constitutive Outside
will be on view from October 22 to December 13, 2026.
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Jibade-Khalil Huffman, You Are Here, 2026. Gameplay still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Upcoming Programs

Artist Talk and Opening Reception for Knowledge Is Myth: Chimeric Continuities

October 1–October 2, 2026

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AFVS Alumni Gatherings: Xiaowei Wang

October 9, 2026, 12:00–1:00pm

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Screening and Artist Conversation with Artists Enzo Camacho & Ami Lien

November 5–November 6, 2026

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    CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138
    (617) 496-5387

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

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