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.

New Books from Harvard Authors

Bad Bunny, spider fears, healthcare policy, and more

by Gabriella Gage

Rare books at risk

Consequences of book-breaking

by Diane E. Booton

“Write Your Own Songs”

An Oscar-nominated collaboration

by Olivia Munk

And the Academy Award Goes to…Math

Ben Zauzmer '15 tackles Oscars predictions, with math. 

by Jacob Sweet

Houghton unveils TS Eliot letter about his muse Emily Hale

A bombshell letter from modernist poet T.S. Eliot, 50 years after his death

by Lydialyle Gibson

Negatively Curved Crystals

A Harvard mathematician’s “interwoven tapestries” help make the infinite visible.

by Drew Pendergrass

The Rittase Touch

What William Rittase found when he came to Harvard in 1932

by Drew Pendergrass

Harvard Portrait: Shawon Kinew

Connecting European Old Masters with the new landscape of art history 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Romare Bearden profiled by Robert G. O'Meally

Brief life of a textured artist: 1911-1988

by Robert G. O'Meally

The Kuperman brothers on the move

The brothers Kuperman—choreographers, directors, and storytellers

by Lydialyle Gibson

Performance artist and activist Lena Chen

Lena Chen transforms trauma into art and performance.

by Mathilde Montpetit