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.
A theatrical reenactment explores a 1976 clash between science and democracy.
Frederick Wiseman gives Harvard's first Norton Lecture on Cinema
Documentarian Frederick Wiseman is the first filmmaker to deliver a Norton Lecture.
Benjamin Franklin’s Retirement and Reinvention
Two hundred and seventy years ago, Benjamin Franklin did something highly unusual. He retired.
Critic and poet Fred Moten, profiled by Jesse McCarthy
Fred Moten’s subversive black-studies scholarship
Hope and despair, harmony and discord: Jonathan Bailey Holland, profiled
Composer Jonathan Bailey Holland on finding his musical voice
Sketch artist: profile of SNL veteran Colin Jost
Comedian Colin Jost, from Shouts and Murmurs to Saturday Night Live
by Oset Babür
Dara Horn, author of "Eternal Life," profiled
Dara Horn breathes life into classical Jewish sources.
The Museum of Bad Art
A Somerville museum highlights art “so bad, it’s good.”
Nigerian Women Speak Out
HEAR WORD! portrays the lives of Nigerian women.
Newport’s winter activities
Visiting Newport, Rhode Island, during the winter
Harvard discusses plans for 9,000-square-foot arts space on Allston campus
Harvard presented design details for the new Allston project at a city meeting this week.