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.
Harvard Alum Wins Economics Nobel Prize
Philippe Aghion helped show how “creative destruction” drives growth.
Author Gabrielle Zevin profiled by Nell Porter Brown
A prescient novelist is hopeful that “after great change, amazing things can happen.”
Callimachus
Brief life of a multifaceted poet: c. 310 B.C.E. - c. 240 B.C.E.
by Stephanie Burt , Mark Payne
Harvard Graduate School of Design Class Day speaker Jenny Odell
Artist Jenny Odell speaks at the Graduate School of Design Class Day ceremony.
Transforming Portraiture and the World
Alumnus-commissioned paintings of global luminaries are now a landmark gift to the National Portrait Gallery.
At Home with Harvard: Harvard on the Small Screen
Discover a new series to watch in quarantine, or read about the creator behind your favorite show, in this selection of our TV stories
Harvard Widener Library Overlooked Designer
Widener Library’s overlooked designer
John Alexander follows the ups and downs of funk musician Rudy Love.
John Alexander follows the ups and downs of funk musician Rudy Love.
by Alex Huls
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Novelist Paul Yoon and “Run Me to Earth”
Novelist Paul Yoon explores Laos’s forgotten war.
by Bailey Trela
Artistic director Joshua McTaggart and the redesigned Chelsea Theatre
Joshua McTaggart leads London’s Chelsea Theatre into a new era.
by Olivia Munk