Public Art on Campus

Public art on view throughout the Dartmouth campus includes works by Ellsworth Kelly, Kiki Smith, Mark di Suvero, Allan C. Houser, Luise Kaish, Beverly Pepper, George Rickey, Richard Serra, and Joel Shapiro, among others.

Video of The Hood Museum Presents: Wide Babelki Bowl

LEFT Associate Curator of Global Contemporary Art Jessica Hong discusses Ursula von Rydingvard's Wide Babelki Bowl. Video by Christopher Johnson.
LEFT Ursula von Rydingsvard, Wide Babelki Bowl, 2007, cedar. Gift of Margarit and Jens Jacobs; 2019.90. © Ursula von Rydingsvard. Photo by Brian Wagner.
LEFT Beverly Pepper, Thel, 1975–77, painted Cor-Ten steel and grass. Purchased through the Fairchild Art Fund with a matching grant from the National Endowment for the Arts; S.977.144. Photo by Brian Wagner.
LEFT Ellsworth Kelly, Dartmouth Panels, 2012, painted aluminum. Gift of Debra and Leon Black, Class of 1973; 2012.35. Photo by Eli Burakian.
LEFT Charles O. Perry’s D2D with Baker Tower and Beverly Pepper’s Thel in the background. Photo by Alison Palizzolo.
LEFT Peter Irniq, Inuksuk, 2007, stone. Commissioned by the Trustees of Dartmouth College; 2009.81. Photo by Alison Palizzolo.
LEFT Clement Meadmore, Perdido, 1978, Cor-Ten steel. Gift of Suzette and Jay R. Schochet, Class of 1952; 2013.55. © Meadmore Sculptures, LLC/ Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo by Alison Palizzolo.
LEFT A Dartmouth class meets by Allan C. Houser's Peaceful Serenity, 1992, bronze-plated steel. Purchased through a gift from Mary Alice Kean Raynolds and David R. W. Raynolds, Class of 1949; 2007.56. Photo by Alison Palizzolo.
LEFT Luise Kaish, Sphere, 1976, polished aluminum. Gift of Melissa Kaish Dorfman, Class of 1983; 2012.71. Located in Dartmouth's Collis Student Center. Photo by Jeffrey Nintzel.
LEFT Dartmouth students relax on Mark di Suvero’s X-Delta (1970) while enjoying the spring weather. Photo by Alison Palizzolo.

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Dartmouth College has a distinguished collection of works of public art throughout its campus. The works have enriched the environment in which we live, work, and study, and have played a vital role in exposing Dartmouth students, faculty, and the wider community to a diverse range of contemporary art.

Outdoor sculptures include Ellsworth Kelly's stunning Dartmouth Panels (2012), a major site-specific work consisting of five monochromatic aluminum panels, each painted in a single block of radiant color, designed for the east façade of the Hopkins Center's Spaulding Auditorium, facing the Black Family Visual Arts Center. More recently, the College unveiled Kiki Smith's shimmering stainless steel sculpture Refuge (2014) on the adjacent Maffei Arts Plaza. These join works by such internationally recognized artists as Mark di Suvero, Allan C. Houser, Luise Kaish, Beverly Pepper, George Rickey, Richard Serra, Joel Shapiro, and Ursula von Rydingsvard.

On view in Baker Library is the remarkable fresco mural cycle by José Clemente Orozco titled The Epic of American Civilization, which the noted Mexican modernist artist painted from 1932 to 1934.

Resources

Audio Tour: Explore the Hood Museum's outdoor art collection across Dartmouth's campus with our immersive audio tour on foot.
Download a walking tour guide (pdf) to outdoor sculpture on campus
Visitor information and commentary about the Epic of American Civilization mural by Orozco
Dartmouth Digital Orozco: view a panorama of the mural and contextualized preparatory drawings