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.

Keri Russell Calls ‘The Diplomat’ a Love Letter to Public Servants

A Harvard Kennedy School event looks behind the scenes of the Netflix drama. 

by Tamara Evdokimova

Houghton Library Celebrates the Quatercentenary of Shakespeare's Death

Celebrating four centuries of Shakespeare at Harvard

by Olivia Munk

Boston's Roxbury International Film Festival, June 22-30

Independent films by and about people of color

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard's theater, dance, and media concentration looks to expand

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

by Sophia Nguyen

Anna Agoston's photography, teeming with life

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

by Sophia Nguyen

Hopkinson Smith’s new recordings of Bach aim for “perfect union”

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

by Lara Pellegrinelli

Artist Ellen Harvey holds a "dark mirror" to the museum world

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

by Olivia Schwob

Harvard Portrait: Ethan Lasser

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

by Lydialyle Gibson

A day trip to Andover, Massachusetts

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

by Nell Porter-Brown

Toni Morrison concludes Norton Lecture series on race and literature

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

by Sophia Nguyen

Harvard Art Museums appoints Martha Tedeschi as new Cabot director

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

by Sophia Nguyen