Visual Arts
Model Masterpieces
Thirteen sculptures from Gian Lorenzo Bernini at Harvard Art Museums.
by Nina Pasquini
A Cultural Escape
The renewed community life of a grand Cape Cod estate
by Nell Porter Brown
Painterly Dances, Danceable Paintings
“Shen Wei: Painting in Motion,” at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
by Nell Porter Brown
Our Masked Selves
Richard Nielsen: “This is Not a Gag,” at MASS MoCA
by Nell Porter Brown
Culture in the Cold War
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
A Gate of Whimsy
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
by Jacob Sweet
Seeing Life
Re-engaging with nature alongside the director of the Arnold Arboretum
by William Friedman
Attention to Detail
Nicholas Callaway publishes the Sistine Chapel in closeup.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Cartography Animated
The era of imaginative mapmaking
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Encounters at the Border
Photographer Morgan Smith ’60 documents life on the precarious precipice between Mexico and the United States.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Cassandra Albinson
A curator takes a fresh look at portraits of aristocratic European women.
by Jonathan Shaw