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.
Harvard Faculty Debate Plan to Cap A Grades
At a lively meeting, faculty members weighed a grade inflation plan that most agreed is imperfect.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Frederick Seidel’s new poetry collection reviewed
Adam Kirsch reviews Poems 1959-2009 by Frederick Seidel ’57
by Adam Kirsch
Fred Ho Harvard Arts Medal
Recognizing a saxophonist and self-described "revolutionary artist"
Harvard alumnus R.J. Cutler's new movie explores Anna Wintour's Vogue
A new documentary by R. J. Cutler '83 takes viewers behind the glamour of a fashion powerhouse.
New York Film Festival program director Richard Peña
Richard Peña ’75 is program director of the New York Film Festival.
Books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Review of "Half the Sky," on the oppression of women
A review of Half the Sky, by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
by Rohini Pande
Biographical sketch of French artist Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
A brief profile of an enterprising French artist
A New History of the Harvard Extension School
A new history by its dean, Michael Shinagel, documents the school's emphasis on accessibility and continuing education.
Federico Cortese is the new conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra
Meet the new conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra.