Arts & Culture
“Edifying and Beautiful”
Botanical illustrations on display at Harvard’s rare book library
by Jack R. Trapanick
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
Makeda Best
Focusing on the Harvard Art Museums’ new photography curator
by Sophia Nguyen
The Benton Gospels
Rare and beautiful, then and now: a Byzantine codex at Dumbarton Oaks
by Bailey Trela
“Gorey’s World”
Edward Gorey’s own art collection at the Wadsworth Atheneum
by Nell Porter Brown
Hidden Treasures
New Britain’s “Little Poland” and museum of American art
by Nell Porter Brown
Benjamin Franklin’s Retirement and Reinvention
Two hundred and seventy years ago, Benjamin Franklin did something highly unusual. He retired.
by William N. Thor...
The New Rub on Knee Pain
Neither increased obesity nor longevity explains the doubling of knee osteoarthritis since World War II.
by Jonathan Shaw
Megan Sniffin-Marinoff
The University archivist on what it means to “document Harvard”
by Lydialyle Gibson