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

A “Declaration of Love and Guts”

Works by T.C. Cannon at the Peabody Essex Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

Learning from Toys

The National Black Doll Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

“Inventur” Revisits Postwar Germany

Taking stock of an overlooked cohort of artists: those who, during World War II, stayed in Germany—and survived

by Sophia Nguyen

Makeda Best

Focusing on the Harvard Art Museums’ new photography curator

by Sophia Nguyen

“Gorey’s World”

Edward Gorey’s own art collection at the Wadsworth Atheneum

by Nell Porter-Brown

Hidden Treasures

New Britain’s “Little Poland” and museum of American art

by Nell Porter-Brown

Benjamin Franklin’s Retirement and Reinvention

Two hundred and seventy years ago, Benjamin Franklin did something highly unusual. He retired.

by William N. Thor...

Renegade Tastemakers

A Somerville museum highlights art “so bad, it’s good.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

A Wintry Jaunt to Newport, Rhode Island

Visiting Newport, Rhode Island, during the winter

by Nell Porter-Brown

A New Cast for the Semitic Museum

A replica of the Dream Stele, part of Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian’s efforts to revitalize the museum

by Sophia Nguyen