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.

John Harvard statue beneath a large American flag outside of University Hall

Trump Administration Appeals Order Restoring $2.7 Billion in Funding to Harvard

The appeal, which had been expected, came two days before the deadline to file.

by Jonathan Shaw

Tata Hall, showing its concave façade

Tata Hall dedicated at Harvard Business School

The new executive education center at Harvard Business School was funded by Ratan Tata, former chair of the Tata Group.

The I.L. Ellwood Company used gleaming locomotives to highlight the advantages of its "barb wire" fencing.

Railroads’ impact in the U.S.A.: an online, HBS Baker Library exhibition

What more than 240,000 miles of railroad track can do

by Christopher Reed

Willets Point as seen from the eastern upper level of Citi Field in Queens, on a rainy afternoon

Foreign Parts, a movie, records a Queens neighborhood now set for demolition

The Queens neighborhood, about to be demolished, has been documented by Harvard-affiliated filmmakers.

The HMSC is working to utilize their collections as teaching tools to pique the interest of undergraduates early in their studies.

The Harvard Museums of Science and Culture promote research collaboration.

A new consortium of Harvard museums promotes collaboration in teaching and research.

A 1981 photograph taken in the Lampoon Castle shows <i>Simpsons</i> stalwarts Mike Reiss ’81 (seated left) and Al Jean ’81 (holding an iron). Patric Verrone ’81, who juggles pool balls behind them, is also a successful TV comedy writer with <i>Simpsons</i> credits. Holding the axe is the late Ted Phillips ’81, who became a lawyer in South Carolina and passed away in 2005. He has a character (Duke Phillips) named after him in <i>The Critic,</i> an animated series created by Jean and Reiss.

"The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets" reveals hidden science references

Simon Singh’s new book reveals multiple math references in the show and reveals their Harvard sources.

Gail Collins

Gail Collins, at Radcliffe, tells when everything changed

The New York Times columnist speaks on the rapid revolution wrought by feminism.

Jill Lepore

Harvardians Short-listed for 2013 National Book Awards

Professor Jill Lepore and three alumni are recognized.

<i>If I Knew Then</i> contains vignettes from nearly 100 alumni of the HBS class of 1963, writing about topics on which they were asked to reflect: Careers, Marriage & Family, Business, Leadership, Wealth, Growing Older, Charity & Spirituality, Happiness & Success, Turning Points, and Life's Lessons.

Harvard Business School's Class of 1963 reflects on life and business

HBS’s Class of 1963 reflects on the occasion of their fiftieth reunion.

Landon Richard, age 4, feeds Cosmo, a one-month-old goat. Cosmo is on the staff of Animal Craze, a local traveling farm.

A petting zoo at Harvard, a true Harvard/Yale man, and "Lies You Wanted to Hear"

Petting zoo on the Plaza, a Harvard/Yale man, and a late-blooming novelist

Mallow, the work of Pierre Joseph Buc’hoz

Dumbarton Oaks garden collection publishes flower book

A rare collection of blooms housed at Dumbarton Oaks

by Craig Lambert