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MFA Offers Young Artists Space to Exhibit Their Collections
Despite the unity of the subject matter, Kim’s work exhibits a remarkable range, with a Wayne Thiebault-esque canvas of peanut butter cups, a bronze relief of a bitten Oreo, and a wall of small oil paintings arranged Salon-style in unique frames, featuring portraits of commonplace snack foods like Teddy Grahams, Goldfish, and animal crackers.
Artifacts Take Their Rightful Place as Art
Etruscan, Greek, Chinese, and Islamic vases find a place among the vast collection of the Harvard Art Museum alongside the work of European masters like Rembrandt, Van Gogh, and Picasso.
MOBA Changes Trash to Treasure
Boasting the tagline “art too bad to be ignored,” the Boston-based Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) hails itself as “the ...
Hey There, East Cambridge, So Nice to Finally Meet You
When I was applying to colleges, I started out by listing the cities that I was willing to live in ...
Art Scholar Bequeaths Villa to Harvard
“Miracles happen to those who believe in them,” Bernard Berenson, class of 1887, once said. And surely he must have
Profs May Be Offered Buyout
In February, Harvard announced an early retirement incentive package for staff members. Now, the faculty may be next. The Faculty
Fine Arts Library Collection ios Relocated
The paintings of the Fogg and Busch-Reisinger collections have already moved out of 32 Quincy Street. Early this summer, the
Faculty Anticipate Science Research Funding from Obama Stimulus Package
The two-year clock has started ticking, and $21.5 billion from Obama’s stimulus package must be spent on research and development
Science Funding Delayed
Funding from a fledgling Harvard grant program for interdisciplinary science has become the University’s latest casualty of the financial crisis.
Obama Appoints Harvard Prof As Chief Science Adviser
President-elect Obama named Harvard physicist John P. Holdren as his chief science adviser, marking the latest in a string of