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

Mesoamerican Notes

New music from ancient instruments

by Lydialyle Gibson

Elbow Room

How the Dark Room Collective made space for a generation of African-American writers

by Sophia Nguyen

At the Harvard Art Museums, Indigenous Australian Art and Thought on Display

The Harvard Art Museums' new exhibition of Australian art aims to make indigenous lives “visible.”

by Sophia Nguyen

The Toots of Love

The Harvard Band brings Valentine’s greetings.

by Bailey Trela

In "Art of Jazz," A Multivocal Exhibit

A “call and response” between the Harvard Art Museums and the Cooper Gallery

by Sophia Nguyen

A Balancing Act

Acrobat Nico Maffey ’13 performs in Pippin.

by Laura Levis

Kerry Washington Named Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year

The Hasty Pudding picks the Scandal actress for its famous pot.

by Laura Levis

The Elephant in the Cutting Room

A writer balances structure and spontaneity in her latest novel.

by Aria Thaker

Ubu Abounds

A new cabaret version of Alfred Jarry’s subversive 1896 Ubu Roi

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard Portrait: Yosvany Terry

A well-traveled Afro-Cuban jazz musician lands at Harvard.

by Sophia Nguyen