Arts & Culture

Explore Harvard’s vibrant arts scene—from campus exhibitions and theater to cultural analysis and literary reviews. Discover how creativity shapes the Harvard experience.

Harvard Retains Winthrop Name

Committee undecided on whether owning slaves merits denaming

by Max J. Krupnick

Outside In

The director of Head Over Heels and The Star, on animation's different dimensions

by Sophia Nguyen

Fusion Fantasy

Ken Liu’s hybrid fiction crosses oceans and galaxies.

by Sophia Nguyen

World Music 2.0

In Uproot, Jace Clayton ’97 explores technological trends in music around the globe.

by Lara Pellegrinelli

“Going Aboard?”

Herman Melville’s epic is “brought to life” in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

by Evander Price

Steampunk’s Sole

Brockton’s Fuller Craft Museum offers Steampunk art that celebrates the city’s shoe-manufacturing legacy.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Honors for Harvardians

Last week, three Harvard affiliates were awarded the National Humanities Medal and eight were long-listed for the National Book Awards.

by Sophia Nguyen

Beauty from Disarray

From the beginning, artist and advocate Judith Brodsky felt “pulls in different directions.”

by Violet Baron

The Business of Lies

Joseph Finder makes technology the texture of his new thriller, Guilty Minds.

by Bailey Trela

America's Higher-Education Agenda

A focused briefing on degree-attainment, democracy, and economic opportunity

by Clayton Spencer

Sesquicentennial Soirée

The Harvard Advocate turns 150.

by Madeleine Schwartz