Skip to content
A side view of the David Playing The Harp sculpture.

Art Scene: David Playing the Harp

“Whenever the evil spirit from God bothered Saul, David would play his harp. Saul would relax and feel better...” 1 Samuel 16:23
A close-up of the statue of Cy Young on the Boston campus.

Art Scene: Cy Young Monument

The statue commemorates the pitcher and how he led Boston to victory in the first ever World Series.
A photograph of the The Robert J. Shillman and Yitz the cat statue.

Art Scene: A Man and a Cat Named Yitz

Nicknamed the Shillman Cat, this statue has been very popular since it was first placed outside Shillman Hall in 2011.
Optical illusions painted on the side of a brick building.

Art Scene: Untitled by Astro

Created in 2018, this Boston campus mural is an optical illusion that almost invites the viewer to enter another dimension.
Two people enjoy a moment on a wooden seesaw in an outdoor space, with a modern building and greenery in the background.

Campus seesaws (Boston and Oakland)

Known as the “see-saws,” these combined playground furniture/benches were made specifically to foster a sense of community.
Person riding a bicycle past a colorful spray paint mural featuring a dinosaur on a brick building.

Art Scene: A World of Innocent Discovery

In Spring 2016, Boston artist Cedric Douglas completed his mural “A World of Innocent Discovery.”
Pieces of two murals, separated by columns. Both have bright vivid colors and stripes, with other graphical elements such as arrows. On the right, a hand holding an origami crane draws focus.

Art Scene: A ritual at Boston Children’s Hospital inspired part of this mural

“Joy” and “999 Cranes” are two separate but connected pieces outside Ruggles Station on the Boston campus.

Art Scene: This abstract sculpture gives a sense of ‘motion to metal’

The “Pharah” sculpture on Northeastern’s Boston campus was created by Cuban-born sculptor and ceramist Rafael Consuegra.
A sculpture of a girl with a dolphin in front of the Tower Bridge at sunset.

Bronze ‘Girl With A Dolphin’ sculpture in London once held a tennis player’s 50-year-old secret

Virginia Wade, a former No. 2 tennis player, has revealed she was the model for David Wynne’s celebrated fountain sculpture by Tower Bridge.
Large colorful sculptures seen on the Boston campus at dusk.

Can you hear the visual music played by these eccentric and colorful shapes?

The seven oversized pieces of “Lumpy Notes” occupy Richardson Plaza, delighting passersby drawn in from Huntington Avenue.
A large sundial outside on a green lawn next to a pathway in front of a building that says 'Book Art Pocket Gallery' on it.

The sundial on the Oakland campus serves double duty as a bench

The sundial sculpture by Robert Dhaemers on the Oakland campus resembles three interlocking triangles.
A person riding their bike in front of a colorful geometric mural on a wall outside.

Peeling back the layers of an iconic campus mural

Since 2014, “100 Years of Solitude” has evoked the famous novel while creating a legacy of its own on the Boston campus.
A section of a Roman wall inside of a building.

A surviving part of London’s Roman wall

The vast majority of the 1,800-year-old structure has been demolished, but Northeastern’s Startup Hub is home to the only example left.
A Greek amphitheater in Oakland.

‘Greek Amphitheatre’ on the Oakland campus

An Alfred Lord Tennyson quote, “The City Is Built to Music — Therefore Built Forever,” is carved in stone over the door to the amphitheater.
Several members of the Northeastern community walk past a stainless steel sculpture of a person walking.

The gravity of these two stainless steel sculptures reaches ‘quantum’ proportions

The sculptures “Homage to Galileo” and “A Quantum Figure” on Northeastern’s Boston campus were created by David Bakalar.
A disc shaped sculpture on a grassy lawn in Oakland.

‘Disco,’ a kinetic bronze sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro

‘Disco’ spins on Holmgren Meadow on Northeastern’s Oakland campus. Part of a global series, it blends smooth and intricate textures.
A bell tower outside in California with trees growing next to it.

El Campanil, bell tower on the Oakland campus, by Julia Morgan

Built in 1904, the tower survived the 1906 quake unscathed, proving the strength of reinforced concrete and launching Morgan’s career.
A sculpture that looks like a man laying on a hill propped up by one elbow on the Boston campus.

The story behind a campus sculpture by a Hollywood legend

A mainstay of the sculpture park on the Boston campus is 'Reclining Man,' by Blake Edwards, the director of the 'Pink Panther' movies.