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 historic building surrounded by green construction fencing and trees, under a blue sky.

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Faces a $350 Million Deficit

At a faculty meeting, Dean Hopi Hoekstra advocates for long-term, structural solutions.

by Joanna M Weiss

Richard Saul Wurman

Richard Saul Wurman TED talks founder speaks at Design School Class Day 2013

The TED talks founder spoke at the Design School's Class Day

August Kleinzahler

August Kleinzahler poet, Linda Greenhouse orator, at 2013 Harvard Phi Beta Kappa

August Kleinzahler and Linda Greenhouse to speak at Commencement-week PBK Literary Exercises

Sarah Thomas

Sarah Thomas from Oxford University named first Harvard Library vice president

Sarah Thomas of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries named to new post.

Zeke Sulkes (Frederic) and Christine Stulik (Mabel) in the kiddie pool.

Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta reinvented as a pool party at Harvard ART

The ART presents Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance in a party-like atmosphere.

A word cloud disseminated at the HILT conference captures participants' views of the ingredients essential to learning and good teaching.

Harvard learning and teaching innovations

Highlights from the second University-wide Harvard Initiative on Learning and Teaching conference

Donning a dark suit and his signature black sunglasses, Korean rapper and international YouTube sensation PSY spoke in Memorial Church this week, and showed his audience some dance moves.

Korean rapper and YouTube star PSY speaks at Harvard

The Korean-born rapper is a social media superstar.

Harvard dancers Rebecca Neumann, Rossi Walter, Nazc-a-ru Gonzalez, and Halimeda Glickman-Hoch perform "Quartet for the End of Time."

Choreographer Irineo Cabreros studies physics but is passionate about dance

The Harvard senior displays impressive range, from his dance compositions to his extra-choreographical pursuits.

by Kris Wilton

In a sometimes funny, sometimes poignant on-stage conversation with actor and master of ceremonies John Lithgow ’67, Ar.D. ’05, Matt Damon talked about his career in Hollywood and reminisced about his Cambridge roots, including his days at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School and his undergraduate years at Harvard.

Matt Damon is the 2013 Harvard Arts Medalist

The actor receives the 2013 Arts Medal to kick off the Arts First celebration.

Harvard alumnus Tom Reiss ’86 wins Pulitzer for Biography

Bailyn, Kayyem, Wen named finalists.

Each “SmartSpace” unit will have a full-sized sofa and refrigerator, a combination washer-dryer hidden in a cabinet, a convection oven, and a hidden microwave.

Micro apartments are popping up in San Francisco and Boston

Tiny apartments are on the rise in cities like San Francisco and Boston.