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’s Hiring Freeze Continues

University leaders say $1 billion per year is at risk due to federal actions

by Vivian W. Rong

Romare Bearden

Brief life of a textured artist: 1911-1988

by Robert G. O'Meally

Why We Eat What We Do

“Resetting the Table,” a new exhibit at the Peabody Museum, examines American food traditions. 

by Jacob Sweet

A Hundred Years of Music

The Harvard Band celebrates a century.

by Sol Hurwitz

Made Visible

The ubiquity of movement across man-made borders

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

The Way of the Critic

A.O. Scott on watching and reviewing a lot of movies

by Craig Lambert

Comedy Is Magic

For Harrison Greenbaum, it began with “Pick a card….”

by Lydialyle Gibson

“A Melodic Being”

Singer Ali Sethi finds his voice in classical Pakistani music.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Forgive, but Don’t Forget

…and don’t always forgive

by Lincoln Caplan

Back to the Future

Promoting craftsmanship and agrarian skills in an idyllic New Hampshire setting

by Nell Porter-Brown