Arts & Culture

Two photos of the same woman, one as a store worker the other as an Arctic explorer

Harvard Squared | May-June 2025

Rendering Dreams in Art

South Korean artist’s socially themed photographs at the Peabody Essex Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

Members of the Harvard community and area residents celebrated the official opening of the Harvard Art Museums on November 16.

Museums & Collections |

An Art Laboratory for the Twenty-first Century

The renovated Harvard Art Museums open

The renovated and expanded Harvard Art Museums have entrances on both Quincy and Prescott Streets. The staff of the Museums hopes that casual passersby will filter through the building and gather in its central courtyard.

Museums & Collections |

“Beauty Will Save the World”

Welcoming the University community through a series of special talks and celebrations, the Harvard Art Museums re-introduce themselves.

This model city by Bodys Isek Kingelez anchors <i>Luminós/C/ity.Ordinary Joy: From the Pigozzi Contemporary African Art Collection</i>.

Visual Arts |

Cooper Gallery Lights Up Mount Auburn Street

At the Hutchins Center, a new gallery opens with an exhibit exploring life in African cities.

Museums & Collections |

Ready for a Reopening

Additional images of the Harvard Art Museums galleries

<i>The Light Princess</i> at ART

Harvard Squared | November-December 2014

Extracurriculars

Events on and off campus during November and December

Oprah Winfrey accepts the W.E.B Du Bois Medal for the late writer and activist Maya Angelou.

Arts & Culture |

Harvard Honors Eight with Du Bois Medal

The medal is the University's highest honor in the field of African and African American studies.

by Laura Levis

Traditional artisans, such as spinners, demonstrate their skills at Strawbery Banke.

Harvard Squared | September-October 2014

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Fall travel to New England’s seacoast offers art, history, biking, and great restaurants

The bucolic Essex River property Cogswell&rsquo;s Grant, named for the 1636 royal grant given to John Cogswell, is now a house museum open to the public.

Harvard Squared | July-August 2014

Lives in Art

Early American artifacts help animate history.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Eve at four, at Philadelphia&rsquo;s Franklin Institute

Montage | July-August 2014

Relational Lens

Photographs that admire, probe, and “flinch from” family members.

by Steve Potter

A Tibetan woman praying at the Boudhanath Stupa, near Kathmandu

Harvard Squared | July-August 2014

Nepal in Pictures

Nepalese history revealed in photographs

by Nell Porter-Brown