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

In Flight

A Nieman Fellow documents the perilous passage of refugees fleeing war to seek safety in Europe.

by Maciek Nabrdalik

A New Portrait of “Jackie”

The screenplay, by Today Show producer Noah Oppenheim ’00, traces how the Camelot myth was made.

by Sophia Nguyen

The Art of Protest

“It doesn’t even make sense to me that art and protest would be separate.”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Congratulations, Contributors

Honoring two exceptional authors and one artist

Doris Salcedo Gives Form to Tragedy

A powerful exhibit opens at the Harvard Art Museums.

by Sophia Nguyen

“Presenting Jane” at Harvard

A rediscovered short film, with new commentary by Jane Freilicher and John Ashbery ’49, Litt.D. ’01, gives a glimpse of the New York School's early days.

by Matthew Browne

“Getting Out of the Way of the Work”

Viewing Carrie Mae Weems’s art—and hearing her voice—at the Hutchins Center’s Cooper Gallery

by Lily Scherlis

A Welcome Change

In her “lecture-performance,” playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith practiced and preached “Radical Hospitality.”

by Matthew Browne

Artful Campus

At Harvard Business School, contemporary art moves outdoors.

by John S. Rosenberg

Facing Harvard

When the College commissioned Copley

by Jane Kamensky