Arts & Culture
FAS Dean Outlines Preparations for Loss of Federal Funding
“To preserve our mission, we must act now,” Hoekstra says at faculty meeting
by Jonathan Shaw
Before the Cocktail Napkin
In this excerpt from her new book, Michelangelo, Drawing, and the Invention of Architecture, Cammy Brothers discusses how the artist demonstrated the possibility for architecture to be a vehicle for the imagination equal to painting or sculpture.
Off the Shelf
An editorial sampling of recent books with Harvard connections
“Working Sisters”
Pan Tianshu reviews Leslie Chang's new book Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
by Pan Tianshu
Chapter & Verse
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
From Daguerreotype to Photoshop
Art historian Robin Kelsey examines photographs of all kinds to reveal what they say about human history, society, and culture.
by Craig Lambert
Chiara String Quartet
The Chiara String Quartet are Harvard's current Blodgett Artists-in-Residence.
Advancing Art
Art historian and former museum curator Emily Rauh Pulitzer gives the Harvard Art Museum 31 important works of modern and contemporary art and $45 million, enhancing a tradition she shared with her late husband, Joseph Pulitzer Jr
A Lover's Picnic
The late Stuart Cary Welch was a connoisseur of lovers’ picnics and the world of Persian and Indian art.
Storytelling Scholar
Marie Rutkoski blends sixteenth-century history with fantasy in The Cabinet of Wonders, a new novel for young adults.
by Brittney Moraski
Outlining a New Vision for the Arts
The University-wide task force's report recommends new degree programs, courses, and spaces for art production.