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

The Essence of Commencement

A photographer captures three decades of graduation moments and emotions.

Susan Meiselas Named Harvard Arts Medalist

The photographer will be honored during the Arts First celebration in April.

New Faces

Steven Coit's portraits diversify Harvard's walls, and the 1947 football team defies racism.

Homeless Artists Respond to Stereotypes

Paintings by homeless artists in New Jersey respond to the social perception of homeless people as cold and incompetent.

A Lens on History

Photographer Susan Meiselas’s quest to understand via images. With audio from the interview.

Tropical Abstractions

Painter George Oommen creates distinctive images of Kerala, India—his homeland. With video of the artist at work.

by Craig Lambert

Urban Utopias

Two Beijing photographers interpret China's breakneck change from Communist revolution to market-based consumerism.

by John S. Rosenberg

Painting with Gravity

This video, shot in the studio of painter George Oommen, explores Oommen's distinctive dripping technique.

Real Fashion Police

Should U.S. fashion designers enjoy the same copyright protection as fellow creative artists—and their European counterparts?

by Craig Lambert

Click and Ka-ching

Corporate culture embraces photography.

by Christopher Reed