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.

For This Poet, AI is a Writing Partner

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

by Lydialyle Gibson

Restaurant review of Coppa, in Boston's South End

The South End’s Coppa offers tasty tapas.

by Nell Porter-Brown

George Oommen paints India-based abstract pictures

Painter George Oommen creates distinctive images of Kerala, India—his homeland. With video of the artist at work.

by Craig Lambert

The music of Derrick Ashong and Soulfège fuses reggae, hip-hop, and funk

The band Soulfège has international sound and a positive message. With a music video.

by Craig Lambert

Excerpt from "Nurturing Children and Families," a tribute to T. Berry Brazelton

Pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton's breakthrough in understanding newborns as complex, capable beings

Prolific writer Francine Prose

Francine Prose writes fiction and nonfiction in many forms. With an audio clip of the author discussing her writing process.

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

In photographs by Wang Di and Xing Danwen, Beijing as "urban utopia"

Two Beijing photographers interpret China's breakneck change from Communist revolution to market-based consumerism.

by John S. Rosenberg

Excerpt from "Because It Is Wrong," by Charles and Gregory Fried

Father and son, lawyer and philosopher debate torture, surveillance, and presidential power

by Charles Fried , Gregory Fried

Update on Fogg Art Museum renovation

Gutting the Fogg Art Museum on the way to renovating it

Farlow Library exhibit on deadly Amanita mushrooms and mycological illustration

The Farlow Library's new online exhibits highlight the death cap mushroom and mycological illustration.

by Christopher Reed