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 University crest featuring a shield with books and the words "VERITAS" and "HARVARD".

Harvard Alum Wins Economics Nobel Prize

Philippe Aghion helped show how “creative destruction” drives growth.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Margaret Mee painting of yellow trumpet tree

Rainforest flora images by Margaret Mee

Botanical bounty at Dumbarton Oaks

by John S. Rosenberg

Architectural plan for Widener Library

Harvard Widener Library Overlooked Designer

Widener Library’s overlooked designer

by John S. Rosenberg

At Home with Harvard: Night at the Museum

Our favorite stories about Harvard’s rich museums and collections

At Home with Harvard: The Literary Life

Our editors curate their favorite literary stories in Harvard Magazine.

Photograph by Ken Liu

Ghost Stories for the Apocalypse

Ken Liu’s speculative fiction on maintaining and transcending humanity

by Bennett McIntosh

Photograph of Emily Dickinson’s family home, The Homestead, an elegant wooden building

The Emily Dickinson Museum

Delving into the world of Emily Dickinson

by Nell Porter-Brown

Three fiddlers playing

New England Folk Festival

Contra dancing, Balkan music, sea chanteys—and more!

by Nell Porter-Brown

Painting of a young woman standing at a French window, looking at a verdant garden

Bruce Museum’s spring shows

Images that help unveil the truth of what we can see

by Nell Porter-Brown

The bar at Gustavo restaurant

Gustazo in Cambridge restaurant review

Modern delights of Cuban cuisine, in Cambridge 

by Nell Porter-Brown

A bluegrass guitarist, banjoist, and singer perform on stage

Atwood’s Tavern boosts bluegrass

Boosting bluegrass in Cambridge

by Marina N. Bolotnikova