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
We Would Have Known
A sweeping history of the idea of privacy in America
Next Steps
Madelyn Ho pursued two tracks: modern dance, and getting her M.D.
by Samantha Maldonado
Not “Mickey Mousing”
Three pianists making silent film sing
by Sophia Nguyen
Cinema Through Dualities
Wim Wenders delivers the final installment in the 2018 Norton Lectures on Cinema.
by Sophia Nguyen
Educational Improv
A theatre troupe aims for higher ed.
by Sophia Nguyen
Last of the Seafarers
In Indonesia, the Bajau fishermen’s way of life is under pressure.
by Lydialyle Gibson , David Hu
Visiting Hours
The portraits in Jack Lueders-Booth’s 40-year-old series feel even more vivid today.
by Olivia Schwob
“The Art, the Play, and the Rigor”
How flutist Claire Chase signals a key change for Harvard’s music department
by Lucy Caplan
Gloucester’s Beauport Mansion
A sprawling house museum celebrates decorative arts and the creative spirit of Henry Davis Sleeper.
by Nell Porter-Brown
A “Declaration of Love and Guts”
Works by T.C. Cannon at the Peabody Essex Museum
by Nell Porter-Brown