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Qianqian Yang
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Portrait of an Artist: Roscoe M. Curry
New England-based photographer Roscoe M. Curry, perhaps better known by his Instagram handle “Ross the Photo Boss,” can sometimes be seen around Harvard’s campus photographing student events.
Studying the Strokes of Greatness at HAM
The Harvard Art Museum recently opened “Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium."
Music Video Breakdown: ‘Shout Out to My Ex’ by Little Mix
When a music video opens with a dramatic, zoomed-in shot of Perrie Edwards mouthing “shout out to my ex,” one assumes the obvious: This is a shout out to her ex.
Guilty Pleasures: Tom Ford’s Penis Necklace
In sizing—a sensitive topic for many—Ford’s design team has taken care to include a comprehensive array of sizes for the sensitive male ego: small, medium, and large.
VES Visiting Faculty Exhibition Prompts Conversation
The gallery, which hosts a variety of student and faculty showings throughout the year, currently houses selected works by six visiting faculty members in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies: Lucas Blalock, Jennifer Bornstein, Paul Bush, Dru Donovan, Alexander Galloway, and Kianja Strobert.
3D Printers and Cosmic Mirrors: #techstyle Showcases the Future of Fashion
Through the interaction of exhibition pieces and gallery design, #techstyle aims to create an immersive environment where viewers can explore cutting-edge fashion technologies and consider how clothing, both in its design and its use, is transforming within the digital landscape.
'The Vegetarian' Speaks Through Silence Over Sound
Though at times too shallow to stay in the reader’s mind, Kang's sparse descriptions generally cut through to essential social questions: How do traditions bind? Whom do they draw close, and whom do they suffocate? And when severed, what, if anything, is left to bind the fragile, desperate soul to its helplessly ephemeral container?
‘The Japanese Lover’ Treads Softly and Touches Deep
"The Japanese Lover" crafts characters that are profoundly compelling in their complex struggle to value love despite forces—youth and age, proximity and distance, society and self—beyond their control.
'Nine' Wants It to All Add Up
A constellation of characters—one man and 14 of the women in his life—and their interactions promise to stand at the fore of “Nine,” which runs Nov. 6-14 on the Loeb Mainstage.
‘Upright Beasts’ Tries to Stand, Stumbles
The stories of "Upright Beasts," while momentarily interesting, bleed into one another with each turning of the page, rendering the overall work blurred and amorphous.
'References' Dreams of Love(making) and Magic
“References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot,” which runs Oct. 16-Oct.24 on the Loeb Mainstage, hopes to imbue complex real-world questions of love and loneliness with otherworldly elements of magic realism.
New Wing of the Gardner Museum
The new wing of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum illuminated at night during Third Thursdays: Roxbury & Jazz.
Roving Reporter: Third Thursdays with Roxbury & Jazz
Our Roving Reporter speaks with attendees at last week's jazz-themed Third Thursday at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Third Thursdays at the Gardner Museum
Museum-goers flocked to the Gardner Museum last Thursday evening for Third Thursdays: Roxbury & Jazz, during which participants completed a studio activity and examined art and music in conjunction with the galleries.
