Public Art Tour

The List Visual Arts Center is the contemporary art museum and visual art lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT List Visual Arts Center

Join MIT List Visual Arts Center on a public art walking tour showcasing the MIT public art collection throughout central campus.

Join MIT List Visual Arts Center on a public art walking tour showcasing the <a href="https://listart.mit.edu/art-artists/public-art" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">MIT Public Art Collection</a> throughout central campus. View select artworks and consider how art and the architectural environment have enhanced MITs campus design on this tour featuring renowned contemporary artists such as <a href="https://listart.mit.edu/art-artists/la-grande-voile-big-sail-1965" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alexander Calder</a>, <a href="https://listart.mit.edu/art-artists/transparent-horizon-1975" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Louise Nevelson</a> and <a href="https://listart.mit.edu/art-artists/northwest-passage-2018" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Olafur Eliasson</a>.<a href="https://listart.mit.edu/art-artists/public-art/percent-art" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> MIT’s Percent-for-Art Program</a>, 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 <a href="https://listart.mit.edu/art-artists/mit-chapel-1954" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">MIT Chapel</a> in 1955, sculptor Theodore Roszak designed the <a href="https://listart.mit.edu/art-artists/bell-tower-mit-chapel-1953" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bell Tower</a> and sculptor Harry Bertoia designed the <a href="https://listart.mit.edu/art-artists/altarpiece-mit-chapel-1955" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Altarpiece</a>. In 1985, architect I.M. Pei and artists Scott Burton, Kenneth Noland, and Richard Fleischner collaborated on Percent-for-Art projects for the <a href="https://listart.mit.edu/art-artists/wiesner-building-1985" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Wiesner Building</a> and plaza, home to the MIT List Visual Arts Center and the Media Laboratory. This program is free, but registration required. This program is weather dependent. Registered attendees will receive an email the day before the tour date if needed to cancel due to weather conditions. We will continue to follow <a href="https://now.mit.edu/policies/campus-access-and-visitors/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">MIT’s COVID protocols. </a>

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