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.

A theatrical reenactment explores a 1976 clash between science and democracy.

by Laurel M. Shugart

Howardena Pindell at the Rose Art Museum

Works by Howardena Pindell at the Rose Art Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

“Binstead’s Safari” and the continuing appeal of novelist Rachel Ingalls

The continuing appeal of novelist Rachel Ingalls

by Olivia Munk

Excerpt from “When Your Child Is Sick,” by Joanna Breyer

Navigating the challenges of caring for a child who is very ill

Harvard renames art film department

Renaming Visual and Environmental Studies to signal a clearer focus on making art and film

by John S. Rosenberg

Hasty Pudding Announces 2019’s Man and Woman of the Year

Bryce Dallas Howard and Milo Ventimiglia will receive their awards on January 31 and February 8, respectively.  

John Ruskin, Victorian Radical and Art Historian

A Houghton exhibition explores the thinker’s influences and impact. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Tracy K. Smith Named Harvard Arts Medalist

 The U.S. poet laureate will be honored on May 2. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Manuscripts Illuminated…by Women

Tracing lapis lazuli provides evidence that women were directly involved in creating medieval illuminated manuscripts.  

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Profile of installation artist Liz Glynn

In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value

by Samantha Culp

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words