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

Ancient Egyptian Funerary Portraits

Harvard Art Museums’ exhibit uncovers paintings’ mysterious origins.

by Nancy Walecki

Leaning into Winter

Exploring Burlington, Vermont

by Nell Porter-Brown

Downtown Oasis

Connecticut’s Mattatuck Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

Three Alumni Named as National Book Award Finalists

An historian, a poet, and a translator

by Lydialyle Gibson

A Long Night's Journey in Palestine

William Tamplin, Ph.D. ’20,  on the lyricism and secrecy of an Arabic literary pioneer 

by Lydialyle Gibson

From the Soil Up

The art of conserving an historic garden at Dumbarton Oaks

by May Wang

The Magic of Luigi Lucioni

 Exhibit at Vermont's Shelburne Museum offers beauty and vitality

by Nell Porter-Brown

Making Art Work

David Andersson’s quest to reshape the public realm

by Nell Porter-Brown

Listen Up

A new regional music center opens in Groton, Massachusetts.

by Nell Porter-Brown

esperanza spalding and “What if . . .” Music

The musician and "songwright" invites the listener in

by Nancy Walecki