Arts & Culture

A hairdresser meticulously braiding a client's hair in a vibrant salon, using a candle to seal the ends.

Harvard Squared | January-February 2025

Focus on West African Women

The Harvard Film Archive features works by director Rosine Mbakam

"20-24" by Janiva Ellis, a dark, abstract painting featuring distorted human figures with vivid red and muted tones.

Harvard Squared | January-February 2025

Janiva Ellis at the Carpenter Center

Newly finished paintings unveiled 

Frank Gevalt standing beside his detailed model city "Port Charles," featuring buildings, bridges, and an urban skyline.

Montage | January-February 2025

A Model City

Fred Gevalt’s astonishing and intricate diorama

by Craig Lambert

Humanities & Arts |

A Potter’s Practice

Harvard ceramics program artist-in-residence Ashton Keen

by Lydialyle Gibson

view of rooftop buildings and a colorful roof painted blue and gold as an art display

Humanities & Arts |

Art Across Borders

At the Lahore Biennale, artists respond to the climate crisis. 

by Nina Pasquini

Marble House foyer decorated with a Christmas tree, poinsettias, and a large wreath on the staircase.

Harvard Squared | November-December 2024

Holiday Decorating on Steroids

Newport’s mansions further festooned

by Nell Porter Brown

a performance of Faye Driscoll's "Weathering," where ten figures are writhing around a rotating platform

Harvard Squared | November-December 2024

Dancers Respond to “This Crazy Time”

Exploring emotional connections and the climate crisis 

by Nell Porter Brown

Darren Sears stands to the left of his framed work "Summit"

Montage | November-December 2024

Maps of the World

The surreal, artistic cartography of Darren Sears

by Lydialyle Gibson

A collage featuring, from left: a young Ogden Codman Jr. in a sepia-toned portrait; items from the Codman Estate displayed in a museum; a close-up of a chair reflecting the English Arts and Crafts movement style; and a sample of the “Brother Rabbit” textile pattern, popular between 1882-90.

Harvard Squared | September-October 2024

Men and Their Castles

Historic New England explores the “bachelor decorators”

by Nell Porter Brown

Beau McCall, at left, wearing Button Jacket: Born in Philly, Made in Harlem, circa 1988, and his partner, Souleo, wearing Button Jacket: Stacked Sleeves, circa early 1990s-2021

Harvard Squared | September-October 2024

Unbuttoned Up

Works by Harlem-based artist Beau McCall at Brockton's Fuller Craft Museum

by Nell Porter Brown

Fairfield Porter's “Self-Portrait in the Studio,” painted in 1948

Features | September-October 2024

Fairfield Porter

Brief life of an American realist artist and critic: 1907-1975

by Jane Borthwick