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.
Trump Administration Threatens Harvard’s Accreditation, Subpoenas Student Records
The federal government mounts pressure amid negotiations with Harvard.
by Nina Pasquini
Harvard Art Museums Names a New Curator
Horace D. Ballard will direct American art collections at the museums.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Peabody Essex Museum’s “In American Waters”
From oceanic voyages to romping in the waves, a new exhibit explores relationships to water.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Putting the Music in Musical Theater
Composer Zoe Sarnak’s warm-hearted songs
by Lydialyle Gibson
A Surfing Author’s Children’s Book
In the swim with Bonnie Tsui
by S.I. Rosenbaum
Trade Cards in the Age of Invention
A nineteenth-century advertising medium traces the rise of consumer culture.
by Jonathan Shaw
New Bedford
Exploring the coastal fishing hub’s history, architecture, parks, and arts scene
by Nell Porter-Brown
A Net-Zero-Energy Victorian Home Makes History
HBS alumna Betsy Harper develops the first net-zero-energy, Victorian “passive house” in the world.
by Kristina DeMichele
Alexander Gassel’s “Painted Poetry”
A blend of Russian Orthodox iconography and mythical motifs
by Nell Porter-Brown
“Like Driving at Night”
Maggie Shipstead’s time-spanning, globe-circling new novel
by Dan Kelly
Clothes Overboard!
Two explorers strip to stay aloft.
by Jacob Sweet