Arts & Culture

The opening display of the exhibit, showing introductory text and a large photograph of Harriet Hayden

Arts & Culture |

The Picture of Freedom

A Boston Athenaeum exhibit explores an abolitionist with Harvard ties.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Bronze sculpture of a winged face and torso stands in a lush green garden

Montage | January-February 2024

Thinking Archaically

The earthly permanence of Romolo Del Deo’s sculpture

by Jacob Sweet

Portrait of Zelia Nuttall, 1880

Features | January-February 2024

Zelia Nuttall

Brief life of a remarkable anthropologist (1857-1933)

by Merilee Grindle

Tom Hyry photographed in Houghton Library

John Harvard's Journal | January-February 2024

Tom Hyry

What Harvard's special collections librarian has learned from athletics, activism

by Max J. Krupnick

still from film Flower in Hell

Arts & Culture |

“Out of the Ashes”

A Harvard series explores South Korean cinema in the years following the Korean War. 

by Nina Pasquini

restored interior of the African Meeting House

Harvard Squared | November-December 2023

The Good Fight

A Boston museum highlights historic black activism.

by Nell Porter Brown

classical musicians performing a concert

Harvard Squared | November-December 2023

Boston Baroque at 50

The early music orchestra offers holiday and other concerts this season

by Nell Porter Brown

Abstract photographs of colored lights, hands, and swirls

Harvard Squared | November-December 2023

Lighting the World

Ellen Carey's pioneering photographs, New Britain Museum of American Art

by Nell Porter Brown

Illustration for Harvard Lampoon cover showing a Harvard-Yale football game rendered in the style of the famous Bayeux Tapestry

The College Pump | November-December 2023

Football: The Tapestry

David C.K. McClelland’s famous Lampoon cover

by Craig Lambert

Apollonia Poilâne standing in front of rows of fresh-baked loaves at her family's flagship bakery

University People | November-December 2023

Her Bread and Butter

A third-generation French baker on legacy loaves and the "magic" of baking

by Nell Porter Brown

Montage | November-December 2023

Reviving Black Classical Music

Pianist Gerry Bryant highlights black composers.

by Max J. Krupnick