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.

Eating for the Holidays, the Planet, and Your Heart

“Sustainable eating,” and healthy recipes you can prepare for the holidays.

by Olivia Farrar

From Literature to the Lab

In this excerpt from his new book, The Art and Politics of Science, Nobel laureate Harold Varmus reflects on his switch from graduate work in English to medical school.

On Judicial Interpretation

Paul M. Barrett reviews The Invisible Constitution, by Loeb University Professor Laurence H. Tribe.

by Paul M. Barrett

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Second-Life Photography

A profile of cultural photographer Lee Smith

by Craig Lambert

A Scourge Remembered

A new film by G. Wayne Miller looks back to a time when tuberculosis gripped America.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

A Yodel for Help in the Modern World

Playwright Christopher Durang, a “native American absurdist,” writes black comedies that turn painful events into hilarity.

by Craig Lambert

Fernando Zóbel de Ayala

A brief profile of the peripatetic painter and philanthropist

by John Seed

Pith Paper

On Tetrapanax papyriferum and Chinese art

Advice on Art and Life from Yo-Yo Ma

The cello virtuoso speaks to students interested in arts careers, and President Faust announces progress on arts offerings.