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.

England’s First Sports Megastar

A collection of illustrations capture a boxer’s triumphant moment. 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Soyoung Lee named chief curator at the Harvard Art Museums

Korean art expert Soyoung Lee will join the museums in September.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Photographs of Arnold Arboretum trees and shrubs through four seasons

A veteran photographer of people turns his lens to plants.

by Jonathan Shaw

Radcliffe gymsuits, pre-spandex

Lest young ladies’ “tides” be deranged

by Sophia Nguyen

Kevin Beasley at ICA/Boston

Sculptures that resonate with what’s not there

by Nell Porter-Brown

MASS MoCA summer events

MASS MoCA’s summer smorgasbord

by Nell Porter-Brown

Revisiting Jack Lueders-Booth’s portrait series “Women Prisoners”

The portraits in Jack Lueders-Booth’s 40-year-old series feel even more vivid today.


by Olivia Schwob

Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, in Gloucester

A sprawling house museum celebrates decorative arts and the creative spirit of Henry Davis Sleeper.

by Nell Porter-Brown

T.C. Cannon at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem

Works by T.C. Cannon at the Peabody Essex Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

National Black Doll Museum

The National Black Doll Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

The Bajau fishermen of Indonesia face lifestyle pressures.

In Indonesia, the Bajau fishermen’s way of life is under pressure.

by Lydialyle Gibson , David Hu