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.

In Federal Court, Harvard and the Government Have Friends

A look at the amicus curiae briefs in Harvard’s funding case

by Tamara Evdokimova

Last of the Seafarers

In Indonesia, the Bajau fishermen’s way of life is under pressure.

by Lydialyle Gibson , David Hu

The Pleasure of Noticing

Agnès Varda delivered the second installment of this year’s Norton Lectures on Cinema.

by Sophia Nguyen

Comedy Compulsion

TV writer Nell Scovell looks back on Just the Funny Parts.

by Sophia Nguyen

Looking Back at the Lampoon’s Heyday

A new biopic, scripted by John Aboud ’95 and Michael Colton ’97, follows how Doug Kenney ’68 franchised fun, died young, and became a comedy legend.

by Sophia Nguyen

“Inventur” Revisits Postwar Germany

Taking stock of an overlooked cohort of artists: those who, during World War II, stayed in Germany—and survived

by Sophia Nguyen

Can Science Justify Itself?

Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now defends science from modern-day foes.

by Ada Palmer

Makeda Best

Focusing on the Harvard Art Museums’ new photography curator

by Sophia Nguyen

Time in Space

Renée Green’s exhibition “Within Living Memory” closes her Harvard residency.

by Lily Scherlis

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

“Gorey’s World”

Edward Gorey’s own art collection at the Wadsworth Atheneum

by Nell Porter-Brown