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.
Harvard Layoffs Continue, with More to Come
In the wake of federal government actions, several Harvard schools and institutes are cutting costs.
by Jonathan Shaw
Bringing Black History to Light
A Houghton Library project to digitize thousands of African-American records and artifacts
by Lydialyle Gibson
How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic
Fall semester interrupted, a century ago
by Matteo Wong
How the Lines Get Bent
Curator Garrett Dash Nelson ’09 on the Boston Public Library’s exhibition of “persuasive cartography”
by Matteo Wong
Callimachus
Brief life of a multifaceted poet: c. 310 B.C.E. - c. 240 B.C.E.
by Stephanie Burt , Mark Payne
“Theater Is Church”
Playwright Katori Hall on the joy—and trauma—of black life
by Stuart Miller
The Power of Unreason
Paul Moravec’s soulful music
by Lydialyle Gibson
Seriously Goofy
Comedian Karen Chee finds her voice.
by Jacob Sweet
The Arts as Essential Goods
A prescient novelist is hopeful that “after great change, amazing things can happen.”
by Nell Porter-Brown
Orchestrating Attention: “The Most Substantive Work You Can Do”
Artist Jenny Odell speaks at the Graduate School of Design Class Day ceremony.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Transforming Portraiture and the World
Alumnus-commissioned paintings of global luminaries are now a landmark gift to the National Portrait Gallery.
by Julia Ostmann