Arts & Culture
“Edifying and Beautiful”
Botanical illustrations on display at Harvard’s rare book library
by Jack R. Trapanick
Laying It On
Works by Howardena Pindell at the Rose Art Museum
by Nell Porter Brown
An Empiricist on Art
Unpacking “what art does to us”
ArtWeek 2019
ArtWeek 2019 offers hundreds of events around Massachusetts.
by Nell Porter Brown
VES’s Valedictory
Renaming Visual and Environmental Studies to signal a clearer focus on making art and film
by John S. Rosenberg
John Ruskin, Victorian Radical and Art Historian
A Houghton exhibition explores the thinker’s influences and impact.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Native Modern
Philip Deloria studies American Indians and the contradictions that made America.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
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
Sculpting Hallowed Ground
Re-landscaping Massachusetts Hall, making the entrance to Harvard Yard more welcoming
by Primus VI
A Millennial Mystery
…and a possible clue in the stacks
by Diane E. Booton