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.

As Union Protests Continue, Stephen Colbert and Yo-Yo Ma Event at Harvard Cut Short

A conversation between the comedian and the celebrated cellist was interrupted by a fire alarm in Sanders Theatre.

by Schuyler Velasco

Dumebi Menakaya Shoots Secrecy

The photographer takes self-portraits—without photographing herself.

by Rebecca E. J. Cadenhead

American Stories, in Wood

Marquetry artist Alison Elizabeth Taylor at the Addison Gallery of American Art

by Nell Porter-Brown

Medieval Disinformation?

A Worcester exhibit links politics and visual culture.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Creative Vulnerability and Childish Joy

A Harvard singing class that's about more than music

by Julie Chung

Bob Odenkirk and Jennifer Coolidge Are Hasty Pudding’s Man and Woman of the Year

The honorees will visit Cambridge next week for a parade, a show, and a (loving) roast.

by Nancy Walecki

Fernando Zóbel-Montojo

Brief life of an abstract painter: 1924-1984

by Felipe Pereda

Restored to Nature

Landscape architect Mikyoung Kim’s healing arts

by Lydialyle Gibson

Raising Her Voice

Singer-songwriter Reid Parsons on the irreplaceable instrument

by Lydialyle Gibson

The “Harvard Novel” Enters the Twenty-first Century

On Elif Batuman’s fictions

by Beth Blum

The Art of Lighting and Sound Design

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

by Nancy Walecki