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 bronze sculpture of intertwined hands in a park, with a discussion panel in the foreground.

Is the Constitution Broken?

Harvard legal scholars debate the state of our founding national document.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Restored to Nature

Landscape architect Mikyoung Kim’s healing arts

by Lydialyle Gibson

Reid Parsons stands in a greenhouse amid plants

Raising Her Voice

Singer-songwriter Reid Parsons on the irreplaceable instrument

by Lydialyle Gibson

Elif Batuman

The “Harvard Novel” Enters the Twenty-first Century

On Elif Batuman’s fictions

by Beth Blum

Finn Bamber and Clay Oxford sit beside a sound board with a theater set behind them

The Art of Lighting and Sound Design

Theater technicians Finn Bamber and Clay Oxford bring Harvard theater to life.

by Nancy Walecki

Three men juggle while roller-skating

The Forgotten Jugglers

Vaudeville's mysterious Ader Brothers

by Nancy Walecki

Three Cheers

A salute to a writer and two artists who served readers especially well in 2022

Repeated images of a ballet dancer warming up amid a teal background

Bodies in Motion

Inspiring new exhibit at the deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park

by Nell Porter-Brown

Fernando Zóbel-Montojo

Brief life of an abstract painter: 1924-1984

by Felipe Pereda

The proposed performing arts center, as seen from across North Harvard Street.

Allston Performing Arts Center Planned

The project will also include Harvard housing.

by Jonathan Shaw

Ode to a Beloved Maestro

Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra alumni honor their late conductor, James Yannatos.

by Nancy Walecki