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.
As Union Protests Continue, Stephen Colbert and Yo-Yo Ma Event at Harvard Cut Short
A conversation between the comedian and the celebrated cellist was interrupted by a fire alarm in Sanders Theatre.
Playwright Bess Wohl: a profile
Bess Wohl writes plays from an actor’s perspective.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
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
Dumbarton Oaks exhibit “Juggling the Middle Ages” is previewed
A Dumbarton Oaks exhibition connects “an enchanted past” to the human condition.
Boston’s seasonal arts events
Boston’s open studios, holiday craft fairs, and more
Excerpt from “Scale & the Incas”
Questions about how societies conceptualize, perceive, and interpret scale.
Philip Johnson biography by Mark Lamster reviewed by Spencer Lee Lenfield
A “star-chitect” as P.T. Barnum
Animal-shaped vessels from around the world at the Harvard Art Museums
Drinking in style, from antiquity to the 1960s
Twyla Tharp’s “Minimalism and Me”
A retrospective show at Boston’s ICA