Arts & Culture

Botanical works from Houghton’s collections displayed in the renovated lobby’s display cases for a summer exhibition

Museums & Collections |

“Edifying and Beautiful”

Botanical illustrations on display at Harvard’s rare book library

by Jack R. Trapanick

John Harvard's Journal | March-April 2018

Makeda Best

Focusing on the Harvard Art Museums’ new photography curator

by Sophia Nguyen

Montage | March-April 2018

Time in Space

Renée Green’s exhibition “Within Living Memory” closes her Harvard residency.

by Lily Scherlis

Harvard Squared | March-April 2018

“Gorey’s World”

Edward Gorey’s own art collection at the Wadsworth Atheneum

by Nell Porter Brown

Harvard Squared | March-April 2018

Hidden Treasures

New Britain’s “Little Poland” and museum of American art

by Nell Porter Brown

A portrait of Benjamin Franklin painted by Robert Feke

Arts & Culture |

Benjamin Franklin’s Retirement and Reinvention

Two hundred and seventy years ago, Benjamin Franklin did something highly unusual. He retired.

by William N. Thor...

Features | January-February 2018

Henry Chapman Mercer

Brief life of an innovative ceramicist: 1856-1930  

by Nancy Freudenthal

Treasure | January-February 2018

Games of Old

Amusements to dispel the winter blues  

by Diane E. Booton

Harvard Squared | January-February 2018

Renegade Tastemakers

A Somerville museum highlights art “so bad, it’s good.”

by Nell Porter Brown

Harvard Squared | January-February 2018

A Wintry Jaunt to Newport, Rhode Island

Visiting Newport, Rhode Island, during the winter

by Nell Porter Brown

University News |

A Transformative Gift of Dutch Drawings

George Abrams ’54, J.D. ’57, donates his collection to the Harvard Art Museums. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova