Arts & Culture
An Original Magna Carta, Hidden in Plain Sight
A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment.
by Nina Pasquini
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
“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...
Renegade Tastemakers
A Somerville museum highlights art “so bad, it’s good.”
by Nell Porter-Brown
A Wintry Jaunt to Newport, Rhode Island
Visiting Newport, Rhode Island, during the winter
by Nell Porter-Brown
A New Cast for the Semitic Museum
A replica of the Dream Stele, part of Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian’s efforts to revitalize the museum
by Sophia Nguyen