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

Chiara String Quartet

The Chiara String Quartet are Harvard's current Blodgett Artists-in-Residence.

Advancing Art

Art historian and former museum curator Emily Rauh Pulitzer gives the Harvard Art Museum 31 important works of modern and contemporary art and $45 million, enhancing a tradition she shared with her late husband, Joseph Pulitzer Jr

Outlining a New Vision for the Arts

The University-wide task force's report recommends new degree programs, courses, and spaces for art production.

Degas, Renoir, and More on Display at Dumbarton Oaks

A collection of modern French paintings is being exhibited for the first time at this Harvard-owned museum in Washington, D.C.

Day-After Thoughts: "Words Have Made a Comeback"

Reflections from Humanities Center scholar-in-residence Kiku Adatto on the roles of images and rhetoric in the 2008 campaign and its media coverage

Blindspot: A Novel

History professor Jill Lepore is the coauthor, with Jane Kamensky, of the historical novel Blindspot, set in colonial Boston.

by Jonathan Shaw

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Poetic Patriarch

Craig Lambert profiles the poet Richard Wilbur.

by Craig Lambert

The Force Was With Them

Kevin Rafferty has made a documentary film, Harvard Beats Yale 29-29, about the 1968 football game.

The Children of Noah

A map showing “The Dispersal of the Children of Noah,” in an exhibit at the Andover-Harvard Theological Library, reflects dispute by Puritan theologian Hugh Broughton...