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

Bard in the Yard

Celebrating four centuries of Shakespeare at Harvard

by Olivia Munk

The Roxbury International Film Festival

Independent films by and about people of color

by Nell Porter-Brown

Theater, Dance, and Media's "Next Act"

A concentration “400 years in the making,” and two semesters old

by Sophia Nguyen

Seeing Spring

Artist Anna Agoston grows into her medium with her photographic studies of plants.

by Sophia Nguyen

Hopkinson Smith, Beyond the Instrument

A lutenist pursues what he calls his “lifelong task.”

by Lara Pellegrinelli

"Art Is a Dark Mirror"

Ellen Harvey's installations offer "complicated gifts" to the viewer.

by Olivia Schwob

Ethan Lasser

A Harvard Art Museums curator on how artworks talk to one another, and to us

by Lydialyle Gibson

Art and Nature in Andover

A day trip to Andover: Addison Gallery of American Art, gardens, and hikes

by Nell Porter-Brown

“When You Hear These Lectures, They're All Me”

This week, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison concluded her Norton Lecture series on race and literature—and made a presidential endorsement.

by Sophia Nguyen

Martha Tedeschi to Lead Harvard Art Museums

Hailing from the Art Institute of Chicago, Tedeschi will assume the role next July. 

by Sophia Nguyen