C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection
Collection
In 2021, Harvard Business School acquired Wind Sculpture (SG) V (2019) by Yinka Shonibare CBE RA for the C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection.

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA Wind Sculpture (SG) V, 2019 — Executive Education Lawn | Learn More
Exhibitions
2023 – 2025
This exhibition is made possible by the generosity of the artists and galleries, including Ai Weiwei (Lisson Gallery and neugerriemschneider) and Ursula von Rydingsvard (Galerie Lelong & Co.), and is supported by the C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection.

Ai Weiwei Strength, 2019 — Schwartz Common | Learn More

Ursula von Rydingsvard Elegantka II, 2013–14 / 2016 — Schwartz Common | Learn More
2021 – 2023
This exhibition is made possible by the generosity of the artists and galleries, including Melvin Edwards (Alexander Gray Associates, New York, and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London) and Thaddeus Mosley (Karma, New York), and is supported by the C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection.

Melvin Edwards Searching for the Word, 1989/2019 — Schwartz Common | Learn More

Thaddeus Mosley Illusory Progression, 2020 (right) Rhizogenic Rhythms, 2020 (left) — Schwartz Common | Learn More
2019 – 2020 (extended through June 2021)
This exhibition is made possible by the generosity of the artists and galleries, including Lynda Benglis (Cheim & Read), and Bharti Kher (Hauser & Wirth), and is supported by the C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection.

Lynda Benglis Migrating Pedmarks, 1998 — Schwartz Common | Learn More

Lynda Benglis Cloak-Wave Pedmarks, 1998 — Schwartz Common | Learn More

Bharti Kher The Intermediary Family, 2018 — Executive Education Lawn | Learn More
2018 – 2019
This exhibition, which was on view from April 2018 to March 2019, was made possible by the generosity of the artists and galleries, including Yoan Capote (Jack Shainman Gallery), Antony Gormley (White Cube), and Jenny Holzer (Cheim & Read), and was supported by the C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection.

Yoan Capote Naturaleza Urbana, 2012 — Schwartz Common | Learn More

Antony Gormley PLACE, 2015 — Schwartz Common | Learn More

Jenny Holzer Selection from Survival: It is in your self-interest…, 2015 — Rock Center | Learn More
Public Programs
2024

An Evening with Ursula von Rydingsvard & Film Screening
Celebrating Women’s History Month
March 7, 2024, 6:00-7:30 pm
Klarman Hall, Harvard Business School
This live, in-person event is free and open to the Harvard community and the public. Registration is required.
Organized by the HBS Art Program and HBS Connects.
Supported by the C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Fund at Harvard Business School.
2023
Contemporary Black Artists & Public Art
Virtual program
March 2, 2023
A webinar featuring artists Thaddeus Mosley, Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, and Carrie Mae Weems in conversation with Professor Henry McGee, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; and leading art collector and museum trustee Raymond J. McGuire (MBA 1983).
2020
Women, Contemporary Art, and Business
Panel Discussion
Harvard Business School
Klarman Hall
Boston, MA 02163
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
6:00-7:30 pm
Organized in conjunction with the 2019-2020 exhibition supported by the C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection at Harvard Business School, this panel discussion will feature:
Bharti Kher, artist
Ina Johannesen Dibley, CEO Ekebergparken / C. Ludens Ringnes Foundation, Oslo, Norway
Nora Lawrence, Senior Curator, Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, NY
The speakers will explore a range of topics including public art and sculpture; the role of women artists, curators, and directors in the global contemporary art world; and the current art market.
The panel will be moderated by Jill Avery, Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School and President of the Board of Trustees at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Program organized by the HBS Art Program and HBS Connects and supported by the C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Fund.
The C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection supports Harvard Business School’s ongoing contemporary outdoor sculpture program.

