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

A Sweeping Exhibit Covers 250 Years of Japanese Art

Paintings from the Edo period convey “a powerful sense of there-ness.” 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Photo Recap: The 70th Annual Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman and Man of the Year

Elizabeth Banks and Ben Platt received this year’s honors.

by Kristina DeMichele

Profile of novelist Yangsze Choo

Malaysian-born Yangsze Choo writes novels infused with the tropical mysteries of her childhood.

by Stuart Miller

Rare books at risk

Consequences of book-breaking

by Diane E. Booton

Karl May, best-selling German novelist

Brief life of a myth-making writer: 1842-1912

by Eugene Stelzig

Playwright Antoinette Nwandu, profiled

Playwright Antoinette Nwandu confronts race, religion, and her personal history.

by Olivia Schwob

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Jazz and blues bassist Matthew Berlin

Avocational bassist Matthew Berlin

by Lydialyle Gibson