MIT List Visual Arts Center

Tuesday: 12–6 pm
Wednesday: 12–7 pm
Thursday: 12–7 pm
Friday: 12–6 pm
Saturday: 12–6 pm
Sunday: 12–6 pm

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Symbionts: Contemporary Artists and the Biosphere

October 21, 2022 - February 26, 2023

Sculpture featuring webbed red plastic that surrounds a foam looking substance

Sung Tieu: Civic Floor

April 5 - July 30, 2023

Symmetrical installation view of a black and white gallery with small prints hung on the left and right walls and an installation in the center of the room with mirrors cut out to resemble airplane parts frames GDR-era radios placed on the floor

Upcoming Events

Public Art Tour

September 28, 2022, 5:30 - 6:15PM

Public Art Tour

Large steel sculpture in a courtyard with trees and buildings in the background

Opening Reception: Symbionts

October 20, 2022, 6:30 - 8PM

Framed artwork on a wall that has a material that resembles dirt with cracks and texture and some drops of subtle color throughout.

NEW - CAMPUS LOAN INTERVIEWS

Through our Campus Loan Art Program, we are able to make artwork from our Permanent Collection available to administration, faculty, and staff offices. Peak inside the offices and hear from participants about how the artwork impacted them and their space!

A young woman wearing all black stands in her office with a teal wall on the left, two framed artworks on the left wall and one large artwork on the back wall.

Public Art Collection

Agnieszka Kurant

The End of Signature, 2021 and 2022

Two modern building on the left each with an overhang that has LED sculptures of a signature hanging from the buildings.

Alexander Calder

La Grande Voile [The Big Sail], 1965

Large steel sculpture in a courtyard with trees and buildings in the background

Matt Johnson

Untitled (Swan), 2016

Matt Johnson's Untitled(Swan) sculpture of a warped bent metal train track is pictued in front of MIT campus buildings.

Jeffrey Gibson

I DON'T WANT TO SEE MYSELF WITHOUT YOU, 2020

Colorful acrylic on canvas featuring glass beads with abstract text in the center that read reads I don't want to see myself without you.

Olafur Eliasson

Northwest Passage, 2018

A ceiliing bound sculpture of mirror and yellow lights by Olafur Eliasson is installed.

Frank Gehry

Ray and Maria Stata Center, 2004

Frank Gehry's Ray and Maria Stata Center is situated on MIT Campus.

Mark di Suvero

Aesop's Fables, II, 2005

Red steel sculpture on a field of grass with trees and buildings in the background.

Recent Videos

Artist Lecture: Agnieszka Kurant

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List Projects 25: Azza El Siddique

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Graduate Student Talk: Timothy Loh

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List Projects 24: Sharona Franklin

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Catalyst Conversation: What Science Can Learn From Artists

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Graduate Student Talk: Christopher Joshua Benton

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Raymond Boisjoly: The Explanatory Void

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Matthew Angelo Harrison: Robota

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Artist Talk: Raymond Boisjoly

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For the MIT Community

The List Visual Arts Center is more than a contemporary art museum: it’s an active gathering place, education center, and workspace for college students right on MIT’s campus.

Become a Member

Join the Director’s Circle to support the List’s dynamic and esteemed program of exhibitions, programs and public art.