To be born is to be indebted. The moment we are expelled from the Garden of Eden, or our mother’s womb, we are signed into a life of serfdom. It seems like a favorable contract—for over a decade we are fed, clothed, bathed, and educated at no cost to us—but we never choose to sign […]
Tucked away on the third floor of the Harvard Art Museums, past Ancient Egyptian art and a gallery full of photographs, is an eclectic curation of works with no clear throughline. “Engravings,” you think as the intricate black-and-white works by Albrecht Dürer, Sebald Beham, and Hans Baldung Grien first ensnare your eyes. You glance at […]
