2023 Annual Report

A student with brown hair holds a large framed artwork in front of a white gallery wall with numerous other framed works of art.

The 2022-2023 Student Lending Art Program resumed full capacity and featured just under 600 artworks in the exhibition. We continued to offer undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to sign-up remotely as an effort to improve accessibility.

The List Center added 22 artworks to the Student Lending Art Collection this year with support from the Friends of Boston Art, Sara-Ann and Robert Sanders, Karen and Greg Arenson, the John Taylor Endowment, the Alan May Endowment, the List Visual Arts Center Advisory Committee, and gifts of art.

This program provides deeper connections to art within the MIT Student Community. Each year, we interview a few students on their experience. Visit here to learn more about how students are inspired by the art they select. 

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New Acquisition Highlights

Image of a four color block abstract painting with a white frame. The center color is light purple, then purple, maroon and teal on the outer ring.
Image of two black chickens one is standing on a silver trophy the other is standing on the table. There are a collection of papers posted on the wall. There is a phone on Facetime leaning on the trophy.
Image of gray text on a white background. The font of the text takes on a wave-like form and reads diagonally down from the top left corner of the page to the bottom right. The text reads "The Way Things Fall Together"
A black framed work of art hanging on a blue wall. There are 5 rectangular panels that create a rainbow colored photograph of a landscape.
Black and white etching in a circular shape with a white border and a brown wooden frame. The text within the etching reads "PROTOCTISTA. PLANTAE. ANIMALIA. FUNGI. BACTERIA."
Image of a black and white photography collage with a wide black border and white frame. The central image shows a hand holding a black rectangle with a white border in front of a nude chest and arm.
Image of a photo collage on a white wall with a brown wooden frame. The central images are divided into three sections: the left side shows a black and white image of a man operating a forklift with red rectangles to fill the background, in the center there is a sliver of cardboard visible, and the right side is a black and white image of the drivers side door of a car.
A collage of four images sectioned into four quadrants. The top section shows a brown dog with white bars to block out the eyes. The left middle panel is a black and white image of a cassette player with labels. The right middle panel is a piece of brown cardboard. The bottom section is a blue and brown geometric pattern that creates the shape of cubes.
Image of a paper collage on stained lined paper in a wooden frame. The collage is composed of two images: the left is a map of the southeast coast of the US with a bluejay over MA and the right is a black and white image of a hand holding a tape above a cassette player.
Image of a woman with dark brown hair wearing a blue shirt with her hand under her chin. The right side of the woman's face is in shadow.
Image of two figures wearing red boots. The figure on the right is standing on a platform wearing a printed jacket and pants. The figure on the left is wearing a matching printed tank top and skirt.
Image of a rainbow ombré background including pink, orange, yellow and green from top to bottom. There is black text on top that reads "NEVER trust a HIPPIE"
A piece of off-white paper with four columns of signatures written in black pen. There is a thin black border around a heading at the top that reads"Letraset".
Detail image of many file folders in a row. There is one label tab highlighted with black bolded text. The text reads "Reason"
Detail image of many file folders in a row. There is one label tab highlighted with black bolded text. The text reads "Reality"
Image of a tan square piece of paper with black text. The paper in the front is folded in half diagonally to the bottom right. The text on the partly covered paper reads "moves a pile the materi nothing more b" and text on the folded paper reads "ad examined jammed on was ly"
Image of a white piece of paper with horizontal pencil lines that create a zigzag pattern. The short markings cover almost the entire page leaving a white border around.
Photograph of a grouping of braided hair with small gold beads at the end of each strand. There are dark markings on the white background underneath the braids.

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