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

Bernard Bailyn's "The Barbarous Years" reviewed by Daniel K. Richter

The “mixed multitudes” of early Colonial America—and the Native Americans

by Daniel K. Richter

Hannah Lash writes modern music with engaging textures

Hannah Lash’s personal, yet crystalline, music

by Thomas Vinciguerra

Ben Loory writes short, quirky stories

Ben Loory's minimalist stories ambush the reader.

by David Updike

George Howe Colt's new book "Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History"

In Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History, George Howe Colt offers autobiography and biography both.

Artist Samantha Holmes makes contemporary mosaics.

A contemporary take on an ancient medium

by Craig Lambert

Irna Phillips, soap opera’s single mother, by Lynn Liccardo

Brief life of soap opera’s single mother: 1901-1973

by Lynn Liccardo

Karmaloop sells clothes online dealing with the 18-to-35-year-old crowd

Greg Selkoe's company sells “verge culture”-style clothing aimed at the 18-to-35 crowd.

Fashion professionals from Harvard

Designers, models, and merchants tint the fashion industry Crimson.

by Craig Lambert

Harvard alumni in the online retail business

From “flash sale” mania to renting a $10,000 Vera Wang gown, Harvard alumni are taking the world of online fashion by storm.

A video with composer Hannah Lash, Ph.D. ’10

Composer Hannah Lash, Ph.D. ’10, discusses how she forms a complex piece of music from a simple idea.