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.
In Federal Court, Harvard and the Government Have Friends
A look at the amicus curiae briefs in Harvard’s funding case
by Tamara Evdokimova
World Premiere of esperanza spalding and Wayne Shorter’s Opera, (Iphigenia)
Two jazz legends collaborate on an operatic reimagination of a Greek tragedy.
by Nancy Walecki
“I Am Talking to the Part of You that Does Not Speak”
Artist Laurie Anderson delivers her fifth virtual Norton Lecture on Wednesday.
by Lily Scherlis
An Obligation to Dignity
Poet and lawyer—and MacArthur “genius”—Reginald Dwayne Betts on art and imprisonment
by Lydialyle Gibson
The Food Waste Problem
Emily Broad Leib combats wasted food worldwide.
by Jacob Sweet
The Art of the Portrait Painter
Jason Bouldin makes the intangible tangible.
by Lydialyle Gibson
How Myth and Memoir Intertwine
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta ’01 finds truth in the border between fact and fiction.
by Juliet Isselbacher
Visual Music
The "blurred boundaries" of Sam Wu's compositions
by Nancy Walecki
The Places You’ll Go
Art, science, sports—and fanciful holiday lights—in the Connecticut River Valley
by Nell Porter-Brown
Staff Pick: A.R.T.’s WILD: A Musical Becoming
Harvard’s Diane Paulus brings climate change to center stage
by Nell Porter-Brown
Curiosities: “Completely Magical”
Stunning works by Clifford Ross at the Portland Museum of Art
by Nell Porter-Brown