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.
Speaking Volumes
Glimpsing Harvard’s East Asian language materials collection
by Nell Porter-Brown
Getting His Reps in
Anwar Floyd-Pruitt’s wildly profuse art
by Lydialyle Gibson
The Men Who Can’t Be Saved
Novelist Ben Purkert’s playfully serious look at masculinity
by Stuart Miller
Making Music Out of DNA Loops
Composer and biophysicist Amir Bitran ’16, Ph.D. ’23
by Nancy Walecki
“Joyous Protest Posters”
The Royal Chicano Air Force’s activist art at Houghton Library
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Words with No Freedom
A Houghton Library exhibit explores writing in prison.
by Rodrigo del Río
Meet Harvard’s Undergraduate Authors
Dystopia, sickle cell, jazz, and wolves: four Harvard students chronicle their paths to publication.
The Untold Story of Watercolors
Harvard Art Museums' exhibit highlights unsung facets of American watercolor.
by Nancy Walecki
Sound as Ever
Gram Parsons and Harvard’s hand in country rock
by Nancy Walecki
Something from Nothing
Painter, animator, illustrator, and silhouettist Susan Bin
by Max J. Krupnick