Sol Lewitt, Lewitt, Bars of Color within Squares, 2008, © 2022 The LeWitt Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Chuck Mayer Photography.
Public Art Tour
October 14, 2022
Join MIT List Visual Arts Center on a public art walking tour showcasing the Public Art Collection across campus. View select artworks and consider how art and the architectural environment have enhanced MIT's campus design on this tour featuring renowned contemporary artists.
MIT’s Percent-for-Art Program, administered by the List Visual Arts Center, now allocates up to $500,000 to commission art for each new major renovation or campus construction project. The policy was formally instituted in 1968, but earlier collaborations between artists and architects can be found on MIT’s campus. When architect Eero Saarinen designed the MIT Chapel in 1955, sculptor Theodore Roszak designed the Bell Tower and sculptor Harry Bertoia designed the Altar Screen. In 1985, architect I.M. Pei and artists Scott Burton, Kenneth Noland, and Richard Fleischner collaborated on Percent-for-Art projects for the Wiesner building and plaza, home to the MIT List Visual Arts Center and the Media Laboratory.
We will continue to follow MIT's COVID protocols.