Arts & Culture
“Edifying and Beautiful”
Botanical illustrations on display at Harvard’s rare book library
by Jack R. Trapanick
Jewel Box and Jewels
A tribute to the art museums’ Calderwood Courtyard
by John S. Rosenberg
Mass Audubon Ushers in the Spring
Exploring nature through Mass Audubon
by Nell Porter Brown
John Ruskin, Victorian Radical and Art Historian
A Houghton exhibition explores the thinker’s influences and impact.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Glorious “Genji”
A magnificent set of images, published—and exhibited
A Millennial Mystery
…and a possible clue in the stacks
by Diane E. Booton
Bedding Down in Early America
A Wadsworth Atheneum and Museum exhibit reveals how we once slept.
by Nell Porter Brown
Remembering: Information as Art
“Cecilia Vicuña: Disappeared Quipu,” at the MFA
by Nell Porter Brown
“Beyond Lobsters and Lighthouses”
Enjoying Portland, Maine, in the “off-season”
by Nell Porter Brown
The Juggler’s Tale
A Dumbarton Oaks exhibition connects “an enchanted past” to the human condition.
by Sophia Nguyen
The Weight of Scale
Questions about how societies conceptualize, perceive, and interpret scale.