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.

Trump Administration Threatens Harvard’s Accreditation, Subpoenas Student Records

The federal government mounts pressure amid negotiations with Harvard.

by Nina Pasquini

The Art of Juxtapositions

Lorraine O'Grady: Where Margins Become Centers at the Carpenter Center

by Nell Porter-Brown

Life On a Tabletop

Contemporary takes on puppetry in Brookline, Massachusetts

by Nell Porter-Brown

Cuban Connections

When Americans occupied Cuba, 1898-1902

by John S. Rosenberg

Chronicler of Two Americas

Now in his second century, the uncommon Daniel Aaron remains at work.

by Christoph Irmscher

Making Modernity

Max Beckmann’s Self-Portrait in Tuxedo

by Joseph Koerner

“Once Upon a Time” in Translation

A publisher brings world literature to young Anglophones.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Pound, On the Record

A Carpenter Center exhibition traces the history of a once-banned poem.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Existence as Resistance

Black Chronicles II, an exhibit at Harvard’s Cooper Gallery, calls for a more representative history.

by Jenny Gathright

A Lover of All Things English

Erin Moore ’98 clarifies Britishisms and Americanisms in That’s Not English.

by Zara Zhang

Not Holding Out for a Hero

A comics artist tries his hand at a new story.

by Sophia Nguyen