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, Government Present Arguments in Funding Case

Judge questions relationship between antisemitism charges and grant cancellations.

by Tamara Evdokimova

Harvard Square, the Novel

A café-goers' view of Cambridge, a generation ago

by Jesse Kornbluth

Literary Gardening

A Berkshire yard that recalls poetry, fiction, and drama

by Craig Lambert

The Art of Subtraction

No one has carved wood like David Esterly since... well, about 1700.

by Craig Lambert

Addressing a Decline in Humanities Enrollment

How to reinvigorate the humanities at Harvard is the subject of new faculty reports

Jane Alexander: “Find Your Creative Home”

The actor and NEA leader accepts the Radcliffe Medal.

“From Artist to Audience” at Radcliffe

Four artists talked about their work and their relationship to audiences at the opening event of Radcliffe Day.

Richard Saul Wurman: Seek Opposites

The TED talks founder spoke at the Design School's Class Day

Bicoastal Poet, Beat Reporter

August Kleinzahler and Linda Greenhouse to speak at Commencement-week PBK Literary Exercises

New Vice President for Harvard Library

Sarah Thomas of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries named to new post.

A “Pirates of Penzance” Party

The ART presents Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance in a party-like atmosphere.