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The Arts 2024 Year In Review
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The Crimson Arts Staff ranks the best albums, films, TV shows, books, and cultural moments of the year, in addition to sharing some not-so-serious words of wisdom through their vanities.
A Note from the Chairs
‘Long Live’ (Anna and Allison’s Version)
The Best Art of 2024
Top 10 Books of 2024
Top 10 Albums of 2024
Top 10 TV Shows of 2024
Top 10 Films of 2024
Top 10 Cultural Moments of 2024
The Vanities: A Touch of Levity
Arts Vanity: The Best Choreography I’ve Ever Seen
Arts Vanity: Jane Austen Heroines as Songs From My Fall ’24 Playlist
Arts Vanity: A Screenager’s Guide to the NYT Games
Arts Vanity: Top 4 Gothic Stories That Would Benefit From an Immersive Experience
Arts Vanity: The Top Ten Music Pieces I’ve Published This Year
Arts Vanity: What the JFK Street Dunkin’ Renovation Means for Harvard
Arts Vanity: Slouching Towards Roseburg
Arts Vanity: A Starving (Pre-Med) Artist’s Winter To-Do List
Arts Vanity: A Reaction to My Top Songs of 2024 (LIVE)
Arts Vanity: Thank You, John Singer Sargent
Arts Vanity: Top Vintage Trends To Bring Back in 2025
Arts Vanity: How ‘Dead Poets Society’ Helped Me Survive My First New England Winter
Arts Vanity: How to Attract a Harvard Student
Arts Vanity: I Lack the Fortitude for Intensive Concert Warfare
Arts Vanity: Rachel Maksy Hugged Me Last Week
Arts Vanity: How I Learned to Whistle
Arts Vanity: What Should Be On Your Next Spotify Wrapped
Arts Vanity: The Case for Technicolor
Arts Vanity: How To Tour An Art Museum Effectively
Arts Vanity: On the Jane Austen Macmillan Collector’s Library Box Set, and How Physical Books Carry More than Just Stories
Arts Vanity: Sleuthing Sondheim, or A Thank You to Amy Wilkins & Others (Whoever You May Be)
Arts Vanity: In Defense of Apple Music
Arts Vanity: Artist Profile: Isabelle A. Lu ’26 is Also Single — Single-Minded in Her Plan to Ruin the Arts Section
Arts Vanity: Artist Profile: Theater Executive Angelina X. Ng ’26 is Single
Arts Vanity: My Favorite Watched Films from Each Month of 2024