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 Space-Age Project for Harvard’s Plant Collection
Light-based analysis of botanical collections link plants to Earth’s changing climate.
by Jonathan Shaw
Made in Germany
German national identity at the Harvard Art Museums
by Olivia Farrar
Men and Their Castles
Historic New England explores the “bachelor decorators”
by Nell Porter-Brown
Unbuttoned Up
Works by Harlem-based artist Beau McCall at Brockton's Fuller Craft Museum
by Nell Porter-Brown
Picturing Jazz
Works by Jason Moran at MASS MoCA
by Nell Porter-Brown
The MAD World
An illustrative retrospective at the Norman Rockwell Museum
by Nell Porter-Brown
A Royal Tunic
Unraveling an Inca masterpiece’s secrets
by Max J. Krupnick
On Being “Printerly”
An art historian analyzes an overlooked medium.
by Murray Whyte
The Picture of Freedom
A Boston Athenaeum exhibit explores an abolitionist with Harvard ties.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Model Masterpieces
Thirteen sculptures from Gian Lorenzo Bernini at Harvard Art Museums.
by Nina Pasquini
Who Was John Greenleaf Whittier?
Homes of the poet and abolitionist, whose verses were said to have inspired Abraham Lincoln.
by Nell Porter-Brown