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.

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

jazz concert for Tom Everett of Harvard Bands

The Harvard University Jazz Bands performed a special concert for recently retired director Tom Everett.

Harvard showcases Calderwood Collection art from Iran, Iraq, and Central Asia

Art on display from Iran, Iraq, and Central Asia spans a millennium.

by Christopher Reed

Nick Wyman promotes the arts as president of Actors' Equity Association

A Broadway actor on the “true spark of theater”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Martin Puchner, author and professor of drama and of English

The English professor has already written three books and edited the 6,000-page third edition of the Norton Anthology of World Literature.

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Recent books by E.O. Wilson, Ezekiel Emanuel, Elliott Abrams, and more

Recent books with Harvard connections

Julie Mallozzi's film Indelible Lalita tells a medical and spiritual story

Indelible Lalita’s saga of pigmentation and personhood

by Laura Levis

History of napalm origins at Harvard

A new book traces napalm's invention to Harvard—and its evolution from heroic discovery to pariah