In 2011, acclaimed photographer Dawoud Bey made portraits of ‘first-year” UF students, and asked them to write of their “hopes, dreams and fears.” Now, five years later, the Harn is exhibiting these images again after contacting these same students inviting them to write about their UF experience—several responded. Their comments—“Then”...
The Art of Cundo Bermúdez features four prints by Cuban artist Cundo Bermúdez (1914-2008) who was active as a painter, muralist and printmaker. He is best known for his vividly colored paintings celebrating the themes of his native Cuba. Common themes in his work included landscapes, still lifes, portraits, musicians and...
Pedro Pablo Oliva (born 1949) is one of Cuba’s most famous and influential living artists. Known as a chronicler of his time, Oliva’s fantastical and provocative paintings, drawings and sculptures reflect Cuba’s social, cultural and political life during the last half-century. His highly personal style is characterized by vivid color...
Mathematicians routinely use words like “elegant” or “beautiful” to describe results in the discipline, which likely comes as a surprise to those outside the field. Indeed, these terms are right at home in the arts, where we all have an understanding of what they mean in that context. The common...
