Arts & Culture


Model Masterpieces

Thirteen sculptures from Gian Lorenzo Bernini at Harvard Art Museums.

by Nina Pasquini

From the Archives: The Examined Life

Why is it that so many doctors feel compelled to write, and that so many do, so compellingly? 

by Jonathan Shaw

Hasty Pudding Announces 2019’s Man and Woman of the Year

Bryce Dallas Howard and Milo Ventimiglia will receive their awards on January 31 and February 8, respectively.  

John Ruskin, Victorian Radical and Art Historian

A Houghton exhibition explores the thinker’s influences and impact. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Tracy K. Smith Named Harvard Arts Medalist

 The U.S. poet laureate will be honored on May 2. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Manuscripts Illuminated…by Women

Tracing lapis lazuli provides evidence that women were directly involved in creating medieval illuminated manuscripts.  

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

A Missive from Harvey Mansfield

The Kenan professor of government’s story of a dissertation published 44 years after it was accepted

Native Modern

Philip Deloria studies American Indians and the contradictions that made America.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Sculpting Hallowed Ground

Re-landscaping Massachusetts Hall, making the entrance to Harvard Yard more welcoming

by Primus VI

Glorious “Genji”

A magnificent set of images, published—and exhibited

Artistic Capital

In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value

by Samantha Culp