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
Antique Treasures
Rare books and ephemera at the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair
by Nell Porter-Brown
Making Global Local
Greater Boston’s cultural centers offer a lot more than language classes.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Past’s Presence
John Wang ’16, winner of Radcliffe’s public art competition, reflects on art and historical perspective.
by Natasha Lasky
Up Close
Composer Ashley Fure wants people to listen to noise.
by Jennifer Gersten
In “Little Fires Everywhere,” a Custody Battle Ignites the Comfortable Suburbs
Celeste Ng’s nimble second novel traces a cross-cultural drama in her Midwestern hometown.
by Sophia Nguyen
Harvard A Cappella, From the Top
A look (and listen) back at the Dunster Dunces
by Oset Babür
A Life of Adventure and Delight
Akhil Sharma is less interested in ideology in itself than in politics as a backdrop to emotional conflict.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
An Asian Tour Reunion
Fifty years after they sang their way around the globe as undergraduates, they returned to Cambridge with full hearts and voices.
by Lydialyle Gibson
The Call of the Creeks
Landscape and bird artist James Coe reflects the Hudson Valley
by Nell Porter-Brown
The Portraitist
Elsa Dorfman, BI ’73, looks back on her photography.
by Sophia Nguyen