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 Adopts Reforms as Higher Ed Turmoil Continues

University creates new “interfaith engagement” role; Columbia, Brown settle with the government.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard learning and teaching innovations

Highlights from the second University-wide Harvard Initiative on Learning and Teaching conference

Korean rapper and YouTube star PSY speaks at Harvard

The Korean-born rapper is a social media superstar.

Choreographer Irineo Cabreros studies physics but is passionate about dance

The Harvard senior displays impressive range, from his dance compositions to his extra-choreographical pursuits.

by Kris Wilton

Matt Damon is the 2013 Harvard Arts Medalist

The actor receives the 2013 Arts Medal to kick off the Arts First celebration.

Harvard alumnus Tom Reiss ’86 wins Pulitzer for Biography

Bailyn, Kayyem, Wen named finalists.

Micro apartments are popping up in San Francisco and Boston

Tiny apartments are on the rise in cities like San Francisco and Boston.

jazz concert for Tom Everett of Harvard Bands

The Harvard University Jazz Bands performed a special concert for recently retired director Tom Everett.

Harvard showcases Calderwood Collection art from Iran, Iraq, and Central Asia

Art on display from Iran, Iraq, and Central Asia spans a millennium.

by Christopher Reed

Nick Wyman promotes the arts as president of Actors' Equity Association

A Broadway actor on the “true spark of theater”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Martin Puchner, author and professor of drama and of English

The English professor has already written three books and edited the 6,000-page third edition of the Norton Anthology of World Literature.