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FM Imagines: Celebrity Cover Letters
Budgetary strategy is one of my strong points. I know critics will say, “He blew a million dollars on private travel!” I beg you to think of it this way—it only cost me $1 million to charter those flights.
Nancy Bauer
The Crimson sat down with Nancy F. Bauer ‘82, newly appointed dean of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.
Joel Janowitz's Workshop
The Crimson visited local artist Joel Janowitz’s workshop in Boston’s South End.
Fresh Paint
Fresh paint sits on the pallet at Joel Janowitz’s South End studio.
SMFA Student Art
Student art hangs in the halls of the SMFA in Boston, where students can pursue undergraduate and graduate studies in arts.
Joel Janowitz
Joel Janowitz motions to his painting inspired by construction work in his local Cambridge, part of his latest series of local protected trees.
Invertebrates
The Museum of Comparative Zoology displays glass models of invertebrates in the Sea Creatures in Glass Exhibition.
Glass Flowers
The Glass Flowers Exhibition at the Peabody Museum of Archeaology and Ethnology holds thousands of glass models of plants.
Family Studies
A family studies some of the glass models of plants at the Glass Flowers Exhibition at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
A Change of Key
Mirroring nationwide conversations on social justice, Harvard’s Music Department is beginning to expand its course offerings beyond the bounds of the Western canon. As the music concentration prepares for an overhaul of its undergraduate requirements, faculty and students reflect on the ways in which the department is rethinking curriculum and canon.
A Class Act
This summer, Harvard students stayed in the area, working to compose a musical with Sara Bareilles, curate museum exhibits, and stage a play focused on the Romanian Revolution.
At Crossroads: The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery
In addition to addressing this historical need, the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art serves as an idiosyncratic institution that exists simultaneously at the intersection of art, academia, and sociopolitical discussion by developing and maintaining close, symbiotic relationships with both the Harvard Art Museums and the Hutchins Center.
The Meaning Behind the Mask: Social Activism Through Theater
While there is much contemporary theater devoted to political and social topics, the approaches vary—as do the philosophical implications. Activist theater on college campuses provides interesting illustrations of these variations.
Two students perform "The Vagina Monologues"
Two students perform in one of the several skits which comprise “The Vagina Monologues,” celebrating female empowerment and raising awareness about violence against women.
A Cambridge Harmony
In the music clubs of Cambridge, an inspiring history and tight-knit community unite and drive musicians and fans alike.
Designing Sustainability
From Graduate School of Design students' ideas grew a Rwandan hospital. The Butaro Hospital serves as an example of architecture's social impact.
Portrait of the Artist: Behind Van Gogh's 'Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin'
Whatever it is that accounts for the particular allure of Van Gogh’s “Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin” at the Harvard Art Museums, there’s no denying that it is a hard painting to forget. But many visitors may not know is that the painting has a history with richness to match: a ruined friendship, a missing museum, a Nazi art auction. This is that story.
Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin" Close-Up
A close-up of Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin" in the Harvard Art Museums.
Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait" Auctioned in 1939
Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin" is auctioned at Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, in 1939.
Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin"
Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin" in the Harvard Art Museums.
The Met loaned this Manet painting to MFA, Boston
Édouard Manet, "The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil." The Met in New York loaned this painting to the MFA, Boston, after the Boston Bombing.
A Two-Way Street: Urban Arts Exchange Between Boston and New York
The arts offer a unique example of a flowering cultural exchange and promising potential for collaboration between New York and Boston.
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