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.

Keri Russell gestures while speaking at a panel discussion in front of a blue backdrop.

Keri Russell Calls ‘The Diplomat’ a Love Letter to Public Servants

A Harvard Kennedy School event looks behind the scenes of the Netflix drama. 

by Tamara Evdokimova

German author Karl May dressed as his Old West hero, Old Shatterhand

Karl May, best-selling German novelist

Brief life of a myth-making writer: 1842-1912

by Eugene Stelzig

Photograph of the two actors on stage

Playwright Antoinette Nwandu, profiled

Playwright Antoinette Nwandu confronts race, religion, and her personal history.

by Olivia Schwob

Photo of a young boy reading a book

Excerpt from Bernard Bailyn, “Illuminating History”

An addiction to reading

A view of the Frank House study in 1940, with many books and examples of modern art from the 1930s

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Photograph of Matthew Berlin

Jazz and blues bassist Matthew Berlin

Avocational bassist Matthew Berlin

by Lydialyle Gibson

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Photograph of Jack Gross

Excerpt from Adam Cohen, “Supreme Inequality”

A thumb on the scales

Photograph of Yangsze Choo

Profile of novelist Yangsze Choo

Malaysian-born Yangsze Choo writes novels infused with the tropical mysteries of her childhood.

by Stuart Miller

Illuminated manuscript page

Rare books at risk

Consequences of book-breaking

by Diane E. Booton

Side-by-side portraits of Joshuah Campbell and Gabe Fox-Peck

“Write Your Own Songs”

An Oscar-nominated collaboration

by Olivia Munk