Skip to main content

Main navigation

Exhibitions
Art & Artists
Calendar
Support
Visit
About

Toggle search visibility

Search

Main navigation - overlay

Exhibitions
- Current
- Upcoming
- Past
- On Tour
Art & Artists
Calendar
- Upcoming
- Past
Support
Visit
About

Hours

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

Instagram
Facebook
Twitter

Past Events

Secondary navigation

Upcoming
Past

Select an Event Type

2026

IAP Public Art Tour

January 29, 2026, 12:15 - 1:15PM

Public Art Tour

Bright red background with white text that reads "Public Art Tour." In the center, there is an oval image of sculpture made of thirty-three stainless steel polyhedrons reaching from the floor of the Simons Building to the skylight four stories above.

Programming Agency: A Three-Day Workshop with Sarah Oppenheimer

January 29 - 31, 2026

Special Program

Long rectangular space with light wood floors and a series of windows on the brick wall at the left side of the frame. There are large dark metal beams suspended in the middle of the space with people walking around the sculpture.

Chess Night

January 28, 2026, 5 - 7PM

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

Chess Night

January 22, 2026, 5 - 7PM

Bright green banner along the top above a chess board with a row of chess pieces and a black banner at the bottom. The black text on the green banner reads "CHESS NIGHT at the List Center"

Maria Molteni Studio Visit

January 21, 2026, 6 - 7PM

Portrait of a woman wearing sunglasses with long hair standing in front of a brightly colored patterned mural wall.

Chess Night

January 21, 2026, 5 - 7PM

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

Chess Night

January 15, 2026, 5 - 7PM

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

Preview | List Projects 34: Brittany Nelson

January 14, 2026, 6 - 7PM

A black-and-white photo of a figure holding a candle in complete darkness. The image is predominantly black, with a lit candle at the bottom center of the frame. A faint silhouette of the figure is partially illuminated by the candlelight.

IAP Workshop: Activating Public Art through Design

January 13 - 15, 2026

Courtyard with greenspace and brick buildings in the backyard.

Chess Night

January 8, 2026, 5 - 7PM

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

Chess Night

January 7, 2026, 5 - 7PM

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

2025

Art Break

December 12, 2025, 12 - 6PM

Overhead view of two hands folding colorful geometric paper. There is a white mug of tea to the left side and a stack of unfolded paper to the right.

Art Break

December 11, 2025, 12 - 5PM

Two hands folding colorful geometric paper. There is a white mug of tea to the left side of the hands and a stack of unfolded paper in the foreground.

Graduate Student Talk: Allegra Farrar

December 10, 2025, 5:30 - 6PM

An installation of a rocket test containing sandbags, wiring, and canisters rest in a gallery space in front of two projections depicting people sitting in a desert landscape.

Art Break

December 10, 2025, 12 - 5PM

Overhead view of two hands folding colorful geometric paper. There is a white mug of tea to the left side and a stack of unfolded paper to the right.

Reading Discussion with MIT Science Fiction Society

December 3, 2025, 5:30 - 6:30PM

Three pink notecards with handwriting in black pen on top of a dark blue background inside of a black frame that hangs on a white wall.

Chess Night

December 1 - 31, 2025

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

Silt Magazine: DISGUISE Launch Party

November 19, 2025, 6 - 8PM

Special Program

Camera video recording screen of a fish eye light gray pixelated circle with large black text. Text reads "DISGUISE LAUNCH PARTY"

Pagination

Page

Page 1
Page 2
Current page 3
Page 4
Page 5
…
Last page

Previous page
Next page

MIT List
Visual Arts Center

20 Ames Street, Bldg. E15-109
Atrium level
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Plan Your Visit
Directions
Accessibility
Privacy Policy

Hours

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

Contact

listinfo [at] mit.edu (listinfo[at]mit[dot]edu)

617-253-4680

Instagram
Facebook
Twitter

Stay connected and up to date on all of the programming the List has to offer by joining our email list.

First name

Last name

Email

I am a current student at MIT

Bot Reference

© MIT List Visual Arts Center, all rights reserved