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Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art

Additional Outdoor Sculpture

Additional Outdoor Sculpture

Outdoor sculptures installed across campus are a key teaching and learning resource for the HBS community.
Art Map
Collection
These sculptures are in the HBS Art and Artifacts Collection.
Mary Frank
Presence, 1985-1986
Hamilton Courtyard
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Jaume Plensa
Inés, 2013
Aldrich Lawn
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John Safer
Search, 1983
Mellon Courtyard
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Joel Shapiro
Untitled, 2003
Peterson Park
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Exhibitions

Sentinel (Mami Wata) Exhibition

2022 – 2027
Originally commissioned for the art exhibition Prospect.5 in New Orleans, Simone Leigh’s 2020-21 bronze sculpture Sentinel (Mami Wata), is currently installed in Mellon Courtyard at Harvard Business School. This exhibition is made possible by the generosity of Bridgitt (MBA 1986) and Bruce Evans (MBA 1986) and through the establishment of the Bridgitt and Bruce Evans Contemporary Art Fund at Harvard Business School. Sentinel (Mami Wata) will be on loan to the School through 2027.
Simone Leigh
Sentinel (Mami Wata), 2020-21
Mellon Courtyard
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Digital DNA Exhibition

2018 – 2023
Digital DNA is a seven-foot-tall egg-shaped sculpture made of printed circuit boards on fiberglass and styrofoam by artists Adriana Varella and Nilton Maltz. Originally commissioned by the city of Palo Alto in the early 2000’s, it is now on loan to Harvard Business School through the generosity of an anonymous donor through 2023.
Adriana Varella and Nilton Maltz
Digital DNA, 2005
Batten Hall patio
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Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition

2017-2018
This exhibition was made possible by the generosity of the artists and galleries, including Louise Bourgeois (The Easton Foundation), Jaume Plensa (Richard Gray Gallery), Erwin Wurm (Lehmann Maupin), and supported by a gift from an anonymous donor.
Louise Bourgeois
Eye Benches I, 1996-1997
Executive Education Lawn
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Louise Bourgeois
Eye Benches II, 1996-1997
Schwartz Common
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Jaume Plensa
Inés, 2013
Aldrich Lawn
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Erwin Wurm
Big Disobedience, 2016
Schwartz Common
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Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition

2016-2017
This exhibition was made possible by the generosity of the artists and galleries, including Tony Cragg (Lisson Gallery), Jaume Plensa (Richard Gray Gallery), Tony Tasset (Kavi Gupta Gallery), Hank Willis Thomas (Jack Shainman Gallery), and supported by a gift from an anonymous donor.
Tony Cragg
Over the Earth, 2014
Dean’s House Lawn
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Jaume Plensa
Inés, 2013
Aldrich Lawn
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Tony Tasset
Arrow Sculpture, 2015
Schwartz Common
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Hank Willis Thomas
Ernest and Ruth, 2015
Schwartz Common
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