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
Inventions in Early Modern Europe
Images from Stradanus’s "Nova reperta," a series of engravings representing technological innovations of the modern age from the perspective of a practicing artist
Surrealism at Work
Artist Meredith James '04 shares three videos and additional photos of her work.
Muralist at Work
David Fichter explains his mega-paintings in this video.
25 Years in Harvard Square
An iconic space reflects history’s recent trends.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Cornucopias in Paint
David Fichter paints outdoor murals that teem with life.
The Physics of Jackson Pollock’s Art
Harvard mathematician Lakshinarayan Mahadevan and colleagues have gleaned insights into the artist's painting technique.
Unwhole
Dysfunctional sink with body parts
by Christopher Reed
Reefs at Risk
The world's most fragile marine ecosystems are in decline.
by Jonathan Shaw
Mary Costelloe Berenson
Brief life of a Renaissance scholar: 1864-1945
by Diane E. Booton
Unusual Triptych
Three unusual art installations at Harvard by Ai Weiwei, Olafur Eliasson, and Tomás Saraceno