Arts & Culture

Project maps pigments used in South Asian art

Exhibit traces scholar’s quest to reconstruct abbey destroyed after French Revolution

An exhibition at the Harvard Art Museums asks what we can learn from Edvard Munch’s 40-year obsession with a man and woman at the shore.

Geraldine Brooks traces painful, disorienting pendulum-swing of grief after losing Tony Horwitz, her husband of 35 years

Damion Searls ’92 talks process, sentence structure, and what makes a chair a chair

Sci-fi books recommended by faculty, staff probe AI, humanity, censorship

Classicist Greg Nagy on story’s epic appeal, his favorite translation, and ‘journey of the soul’ that awaits new readers

In a new book, music professor considers race in all its facets

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie shares with readers the story behind ‘Dream Count,’ a novel she was scared she’d never finish

In new book, Joseph Koerner dissects reaction to 3 works created during political unrest 

Photographer Susan Meiselas shares how ‘44 Irving Street Cambridge, MA’ shaped her career

Celeste Ng discusses new book about mother and son, how the personal becomes political — and vice versa

New exhibit elevates overlooked voices as it explores hope, change, and how we see other

Film Archive pays tribute with 3 films that ‘need to be seen on the big screen’

Faculty recommend their favorite reads adapted for the silver screen … and maybe even improved in the process

Office for the Arts celebrates 50 years with storytelling, music, dance, poetry, and more

Grammy winner, Mexican classical composer Gabriela Ortiz on taking inspiration from folk music, ‘Glitter Revolution’ protests

Historian explores how having options became synonymous with freedom — and why it doesn’t always feel that way

Political scientist, historian examines why so many embrace ‘magical thinking that crowds out common sense and expertise’ in new book

Puppet designer on power of negative space to provoke emotion — and creating a convincing Cyclops

If you think algorithms and chatbots are ruining romance, ‘Labor of Love’ author has a history lesson for you

Works will go on display in March exhibition, examining the artist’s experimental printmaking and painting techniques

Painter captured ancient Egyptian tomb’s secrets in vivid brushstrokes

Beth Blum notes campus is beautiful, romantic setting that lends itself to exploring collision of ideals, reality

Imani Perry’s lyrical new book weaves memoir, history to consider central place of a color in Black America

Curator takes alternative route through cartographic history and finds a few surprises

Classics professor who wrote ‘Why Bob Dylan Matters’ on the challenge of capturing a master of creative evasion

Recipes from celebrity chef’s archive at Radcliffe

Laila Lalami talks about multilingualism, inspirations of everyday life, and why she starts a story in the middle

Roberto Lugo says his art creates conversations and ‘that’s where the magic happens’