Arts & Culture

Group of men and women at the Nobel Prize ceremony

Arts & Culture |

Doctors for Change

Countway Library exhibit explores historic anti-nuclear activism

by Nell Porter-Brown

Painting of masted ships on the ocean

Harvard Squared | July-August 2021

Peabody Essex Museum’s “In American Waters”

From oceanic voyages to romping in the waves, a new exhibit explores relationships to water.

by Nell Porter-Brown

The front and back of a die-cut trade card shaped like a donkey that was used to advertise coffee. When the card is flipped over, the viewer can see that there is a boy riding on the donkey's back.

Treasure | July-August 2021

Trade Cards in the Age of Invention

A nineteenth-century advertising medium traces the rise of consumer culture.

by Jonathan Shaw

Aerial view of historic downtown New Bedford buildings

Harvard Squared | July-August 2021

New Bedford

Exploring the coastal fishing hub’s history, architecture, parks, and arts scene

by Nell Porter-Brown

The painting “Love Potion” features two lovers craning toward each other in a boat on roiling ocean waters.

Harvard Squared | May-June 2021

Alexander Gassel’s “Painted Poetry”

A blend of Russian Orthodox iconography and mythical motifs

by Nell Porter-Brown

a hat made of jaguar pelt

Treasure | May-June 2021

Clothes Overboard!

Two explorers strip to stay aloft.

by Jacob Sweet

Photo of red, white, and orange Houston Astros jersey from 1983 worn by pitcher Joe Niekro

Harvard Squared | May-June 2021

All American

The Worcester Art Museum spotlights baseball garb.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Solomon Gate in an open position.

John Harvard's Journal | March-April 2021

A Gate of Whimsy

At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard

by Jacob Sweet

A detailed 1598 map of Iceland, with monstrous sea creatures in the surrounding waters and polar bears on ice flows.

Treasure | March-April 2021

Cartography Animated

The era of imaginative mapmaking

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Zoom-like grid of colorful portraits of people in pandemic-era face masks.

Harvard Squared | March-April 2021

Our Masked Selves

Richard Nielsen: “This is Not a Gag,” at MASS MoCA

by Nell Porter-Brown

A photograph of art historian Cassandra Albinson next to a photograph of a portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour applying pink rouge to her cheeks

John Harvard's Journal | January-February 2021

Cassandra Albinson

A curator takes a fresh look at portraits of aristocratic European women.

by Jonathan Shaw