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 Alum Wins Economics Nobel Prize

Philippe Aghion helped show how “creative destruction” drives growth.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Attuned to Pianos

An instrument restorer’s beautiful obsession

by Lydialyle Gibson

From War Zones to the North Shore

A new novel from foreign correspondent Wendell Steavenson

by Lydialyle Gibson

Do You Believe in Magic?

Former practicing magician Dan Droz ’72 turns his tricks into a career in sculpture

by Nancy Walecki

Dumebi Menakaya Shoots Secrecy

The photographer takes self-portraits—without photographing herself.

by Rebecca E. J. Cadenhead

American Stories, in Wood

Marquetry artist Alison Elizabeth Taylor at the Addison Gallery of American Art

by Nell Porter-Brown

Medieval Disinformation?

A Worcester exhibit links politics and visual culture.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Creative Vulnerability and Childish Joy

A Harvard singing class that's about more than music

by Julie Chung

Bob Odenkirk and Jennifer Coolidge Are Hasty Pudding’s Man and Woman of the Year

The honorees will visit Cambridge next week for a parade, a show, and a (loving) roast.

by Nancy Walecki

Three Cheers

A salute to a writer and two artists who served readers especially well in 2022

Bodies in Motion

Inspiring new exhibit at the deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park

by Nell Porter-Brown