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.

by Laurel M. Shugart

Tahmima Anam's "The Bones of Grace" excavates history and family

Tahmima Anam’s Bengal trilogy finds a resting place.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard Portrait: Sarah Lewis

An art historian on race and photography

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

"Poetry, Voiced": diving into the sound archive of the Woodberry Poetry Room

In the Woodberry Poetry Room, a landmark audio collection waits to be heard.

by Sophia Nguyen

In “Renga for Obama,” an exquisite corpse and a literary wake

Harvard Review editor Major Jackson, RI ’07, linked 200 poets in this verse tribute to the president.

by Sophia Nguyen

Terence Davies captures Emily Dickinson's life and spirit in "A Quiet Passion"

In his film A Quiet Passion, Terence Davies illuminates Emily Dickinson’s daily life and eternal poetry.

by Sophia Nguyen

The Discovery of a Lost Harvard Museum

Recreating the Philosophy Chamber

by Jonathan Shaw , Jennifer Carling

Harvard exhibition designer Justin Lee, profiled

Justin Lee's essential, “invisible,” work at the Harvard Art Museums

by Lily Scherlis

Yale School of Drama dean James Bundy

A look at James Bundy ’81, dean of the Yale School of Drama

by Sophia Nguyen

Springtime at Mount Auburn Cemetery

Springtime at Mount Auburn Cemetery

by Nell Porter-Brown