# News & Events [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/calendar) ## Recent News [### AFVS TA Yulia Spiridonova's exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” now on view at The Davis Center ](/news/2026/05/afvs-ta-yulia-spiridonovas-exhibition-space-appearances-shared-tongue-now-view-davis) May 27, 2026 The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The... ![vuv](/sites/g/files/omnuum5041/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Picture-banner-for%20the%20website.png?itok=LAiljXD6) [### Kathryn Abarbanel’s First Aid on View at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College ](/news/2026/05/kathryn-abarbanels-first-aid-view-davis-museum-wellesley-college) May 18, 2026 Kathryn Abarbanel, Lecturer in Art, Film, and Visual Studies, has work currently on view at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College through May 24 as part of the exhibition In Focus. First Aid, a sculptural installation, explores themes of fragility, force... ![aehh](/sites/g/files/omnuum5041/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Outlook-kuazef0x.png?itok=qrK2bVwk) [### Professor Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Assistant Professor Joana Pimenta interviewed for The Crimson ](/news/2026/05/professor-lucien-castaing-taylor-and-assistant-professor-joana-pimenta-interviewed) May 12, 2026 A mechanical arm scrapes at the walls of a pink tunnel. The surface gives way easily — soft, almost airy. The camera moves forward, through the flaky matter, pulling the viewer with it. For a moment, it feels more like traveling than viewing. “It’s like... ![ydmyt](/sites/g/files/omnuum5041/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Screenshot%202026-05-12%20at%209.34.04%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=Y2YTmVgF) [### Harvard student celebrates Pandian's class ](/news/2026/04/harvard-student-celebrates-pandians-class) April 30, 2026 Karthik Pandian, associate professor in the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies, taught the class that made Solis fall in love with art. He said Soltis stood out from the beginning for her “openness” to the “process-driven ways of making art” and... ![dz g](/sites/g/files/omnuum5041/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-30%20at%2010.44.32%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=3LzwJERq) [### AFVS congratulates Assistant Professor Kianja Strobert on being named a recipient of the 2026-2027 Rome Prize Fellowship ](/news/2026/04/afvs-congratulates-assistant-professor-kianja-strobert-being-named-recipient-2026-2027) April 27, 2026 AFVS congratulates Assistant Professor Kianja Strobert on being named a recipient of the 2026-2027 Rome Prize Fellowship for her dynamic work in The Visual Arts. Strobert will use her time at the fellowship to study the network of Madonnelle shrines that... ![rny](/sites/g/files/omnuum5041/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/RP%20Announcement%20AFVS%5B79%5D.jpg?itok=SwkRqMAO) [### Spring 2026 AFVS Open Studios ](/news/2026/04/spring-2026-afvs-open-studios) April 15, 2026 AFVS Spring 2026 Open Studios will take place on Friday, May 1st from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on levels B, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, at 24 Quincy Street. Artwork made this semester in all AFVS studio classes will be on view. The... ![dzn](/sites/g/files/omnuum5041/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/Spring1.png?itok=x-d2c_EM) [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/news)