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.

For This Poet, AI is a Writing Partner

Sasha Stiles trained a chatbot on her manuscripts. Now, her poems rewrite themselves.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Philip J. Deloria, scholar of Native American studies

Philip Deloria studies American Indians and the contradictions that made America.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Tale of Genji Illustrated

A magnificent set of images, published—and exhibited

Profile of installation artist Liz Glynn

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

by Samantha Culp

Looking at the Cosmos through a Feminine Lens

Anna Von Mertens depicts the findings of female astronomers using quilts and drawings.

by Oset Babür

Shaina Taub Shares Suffragists in Song

A seventy-fifth Schlesinger Library anniversary celebration

by Lydialyle Gibson

Dumbarton Oaks exhibit “Juggling the Middle Ages” is previewed

A Dumbarton Oaks exhibition connects “an enchanted past” to the human condition.

by Sophia Nguyen

Boston’s seasonal arts events

Boston’s open studios, holiday craft fairs, and more

by Nell Porter-Brown

Opera director Sarah Meyers, profiled by Jennifer Gersten

Opera director Sarah Meyers doesn’t want you to notice everything.

by Jennifer Gersten

Robert Coles and Atul Gawande on William Carlos Williams

Two Harvard doctors on William Carlos Williams

Shane McCrae: the poet and his work

The propulsive intensity of Shane McCrae’s poetry

by Lydialyle Gibson