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 Retains Winthrop Name

Committee undecided on whether owning slaves merits denaming

by Max J. Krupnick

One Shot at Hollywood

Actor and producer Alex Molina on filming a feature-length thriller in a single take

by Lydialyle Gibson

An Acrobat Takes Flight

Anna Soltys Morse and the art of hand-to-hand flying

by Lydialyle Gibson

Mexican Soul

How Claudia García got “mariachi fever”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Blanche Calloway, Cab’s Enterprising Older Sister

The success and struggles of a pioneering musician

by Jacob Sweet

A Wildlife Painter's Fantastic Beasts

Bradley Scott Davis's conservation-minded artwork

by Lydialyle Gibson

Mike Schur on the Good Life

A humorous guide to ethics and philosophy, from the sitcom creator

by Stuart Miller

Experimental Magic

Jazz composer Phillip Golub and the art of making magic

by Nancy Walecki

Music and Language, Reconciled

Matthew Aucoin on opera

by Thomas Forrest Kelly

Looking for the Real Stan Lee

Biographer Abraham Riesman plumbs the dark mysteries of the Marvel auteur

by Dan Kelly

The Fighting Pencil

How cartoonists powered the USSR propaganda apparatus

by Nancy Walecki