Arts & Culture
“Edifying and Beautiful”
Botanical illustrations on display at Harvard’s rare book library
by Jack R. Trapanick
Seasons at the Arboretum
A veteran photographer of people turns his lens to plants.
by Jonathan Shaw
Gymsuits, Pre-Spandex
Lest young ladies’ “tides” be deranged
by Sophia Nguyen
Kevin Beasley at the ICA/Boston
Sculptures that resonate with what’s not there
by Nell Porter Brown
MASS MoCA
MASS MoCA’s summer smorgasbord
by Nell Porter Brown
Last of the Seafarers
In Indonesia, the Bajau fishermen’s way of life is under pressure.
by Lydialyle Gibson , David Hu
Visiting Hours
The portraits in Jack Lueders-Booth’s 40-year-old series feel even more vivid today.
by Olivia Schwob
Gloucester’s Beauport Mansion
A sprawling house museum celebrates decorative arts and the creative spirit of Henry Davis Sleeper.
by Nell Porter Brown
A “Declaration of Love and Guts”
Works by T.C. Cannon at the Peabody Essex Museum
by Nell Porter Brown
Learning from Toys
The National Black Doll Museum
by Nell Porter Brown
“Inventur” Revisits Postwar Germany
Taking stock of an overlooked cohort of artists: those who, during World War II, stayed in Germany—and survived
by Sophia Nguyen