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 Retains Winthrop Name
Committee undecided on whether owning slaves merits denaming
by Max J. Krupnick
Darkness Visible
Opera director Sarah Meyers doesn’t want you to notice everything.
by Jennifer Gersten
Medicine Minus Mythmaking
Two Harvard doctors on William Carlos Williams
Coming Apart Together
The propulsive intensity of Shane McCrae’s poetry
by Lydialyle Gibson
The Weight of Scale
Questions about how societies conceptualize, perceive, and interpret scale.
Place-Making with Plastic Tubes
An installation in Harvard Yard creates space to reflect on identity, culture, and visibility.
by Oset Babür
From the Archives: Image and the Arc of Feeling
Jorie Graham’s challenging lyrics use language to give readers the experience of the poem.
by Craig Lambert
James Baldwin’s America, in Photos
A fresh look at the writer’s work and influences
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
A Lawyer for Art
Solving legal challenges at MoMA
by Sanya Sagar
Painter, Anew
Nell Painter reflects on leaving the ivory tower for art school at age 64.
by Olivia Schwob
“I Got Race”
A “first-gen” American explores race and assimilation in the United States.