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.

Pony Plunges

Scrapbooking a woman who rode horses into the sea

by Max J. Krupnick

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

Last of the Seafarers

In Indonesia, the Bajau fishermen’s way of life is under pressure.

by Lydialyle Gibson , David Hu

“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

Time in Space

Renée Green’s exhibition “Within Living Memory” closes her Harvard residency.

by Lily Scherlis

“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