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.

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For This Poet, AI is a Writing Partner

Sasha Stiles trained a chatbot on her manuscripts. Now, her poems rewrite themselves.

by Lydialyle Gibson

American Academy of Arts and Letters awards to Harvard alumni

Alumni recognized by American Academy of Arts and Letters

Peonies and Butterflies (c. 1757)

Japanese nature painting exhibit is National Gallery's seventh most popular ever

Suite of Japanese nature paintings draws more visitors than 1976 King Tut exhibit

Andy Samberg and Barney Frank

Andy Samberg and Barney Frank to speak at Harvard College Class Day 2012

Seniors will hear the congressman and the comedic actor on May 23.

William Kentridge gives this year's first Norton Lecture in Sanders Theatre on March 20.

Filmmaker William Kentridge's vision for art that resists rationality and limits

William Kentridge’s vision for art that resists rationality and limits

Music 190gw students perform two South Indian classical pieces, <i>Kripaju</i> and <i>Varanarada,</i> by the saint and composer Tyagaraja (1767-1847).

Breaking Boundaries exhibit showcases art-making in Harvard classrooms

Exhibition showcases art-making in Harvard classrooms

Jorie Graham

Harvard poets celebrated at a dramatic live reading

Showcasing works from the past century-plus

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones receives the Harvard Arts Medal

The actor collects the medal and discusses his career.

The human urge to create art appears magnificently in the Paleolithic paintings from roughly 30,000 years ago at Chauvet Cave, in southern France. Here, the Panel of the Horses.

Harvard sociobiologist E.O. Wilson on the origins of the arts

Sociobiologist E.O. Wilson on the evolution of culture

Rahul Mehrotra at the Chowmahalla Palace in Hyderabad. The earliest structures of the palace complex were built in a Palladian Neoclassical style; as the rulers gained in confidence, they adopted the Islamic Revivalist style shown here.

Architect Rahul Mehrotra balances teaching at Harvard and practice in India

Rahul Mehrotra's architecture spans eras and cultural divides.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

THUD members perform “Conchairto for Stools” at the fall 2011 concert.

Meet the Harvard Undergraduate Drummers (THUD) percussion ensemble

Inside the world of The Harvard Undergraduate Drummers (THUD)

by Katherine Xue