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
Renegade Tastemakers
A Somerville museum highlights art “so bad, it’s good.”
by Nell Porter-Brown
A Transformative Gift of Dutch Drawings
George Abrams ’54, J.D. ’57, donates his collection to the Harvard Art Museums.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
The Portraitist
Elsa Dorfman, BI ’73, looks back on her photography.
by Sophia Nguyen
The Call of the Creeks
Landscape and bird artist James Coe reflects the Hudson Valley
by Nell Porter-Brown
Finding Harlem
The Cooper Gallery’s new exhibit explores a neighborhood’s identity.
by Alisha Ukani
The Lost Museum
Recreating the Philosophy Chamber
by Jonathan Shaw , Jennifer Carling
Land of the Living
Springtime at Mount Auburn Cemetery
by Nell Porter-Brown
Birds in Hand
A trip to Mass Audubon’s unique art museum
by Nell Porter-Brown
The Everyday Dignity of Helen Zughaib’s Refugees
The Lebanese-American painter depicts people who pay the price of war.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Contextualizing Inauguration Day through Presidential Portraits
Curator Ethan Lasser invites museum visitors to critically evaluate how our nation’s leaders are depicted in art.
by Oset Babür