Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture |

Made in Germany

Harvard Art Museums’ new exhibition Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation explores the search for national identity, in Germany as in the United States.

by Olivia Farrar

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

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

A boy in period military dress

Harvard Squared | September-October 2024

A Victorious Vessel

USS Constitution—for all ages

by Max J. Krupnick

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

Botanical works from Houghton’s collections displayed in the renovated lobby’s display cases for a summer exhibition

Museums & Collections |

“Edifying and Beautiful”

Botanical illustrations on display at Harvard’s rare book library

by Jack R. Trapanick

Painting of bold purple tones reflecting experience of music

Harvard Squared | July-August 2024

Picturing Jazz

Works by Jason Moran at MASS MoCA

by Nell Porter-Brown

Two MAD Magazine covers

Harvard Squared | July-August 2024

The MAD World

An illustrative retrospective at the Norman Rockwell Museum 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Tunic pattern

Treasure | July-August 2024

A Royal Tunic

Unraveling an Inca masterpiece’s secrets

by Max J. Krupnick

Corita Kent’s a man you can lean on (1966) plays with its medium: screenprints are not reversed in the making, but her image is.

Montage | July-August 2024

On Being “Printerly”

An art historian analyzes an overlooked medium.

by Murray Whyte

Photograph of participants in a symposium on AI at Harvard

Teaching & Learning |

Artificial Intelligence in the Academy

Harvard symposium assesses the new technology.

by Jonathan Shaw