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.
Readers Respond to Our ‘Grade Inflation’ Survey
A sampling of thoughts about the many A’s at Harvard
Baseball-jersey fashion
The Worcester Art Museum spotlights baseball garb.
Bringing the Stars to Light
Alumni scientist-filmmakers bring the Harvard Computers’ story to the screen.
How cartographers filled “empty” space with animals
The era of imaginative mapmaking
Greater Boston’s art-house cinemas: a status report
Greater Boston’s small cinemas strive to engage film-goers during the pandemic.
“This is Not a Gag,” MASS MoCA
Richard Nielsen: “This is Not a Gag,” at MASS MoCA
An intellectual history of the Cold War era
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
An innovative gate for Harvard Yard
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
by Jacob Sweet
A monumental book reveals a monumental work of art
Nicholas Callaway publishes the Sistine Chapel in closeup.
“Lone Stars”—an HLS grad’s semi-autobiographical debut novel
Fiction about “the power that comes to us when we uncloset ourselves”
“Some Kind of Heaven,” a documentary by Lance Oppenheim
Documentarian Lance Oppenheim explores life in The Villages.
by Alex Huls