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
A Life in Harmonica
Scott Albert Johnson finds his path.
by Jacob Sweet
Finding Voices
Marilyn Booth translates Arabic literature for Anglophone readers.
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
“Like Driving at Night”
Maggie Shipstead’s time-spanning, globe-circling new novel
by Dan Kelly
Clothes Overboard!
Two explorers strip to stay aloft.
by Jacob Sweet
All American
The Worcester Art Museum spotlights baseball garb.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Bringing the Stars to Light
Alumni scientist-filmmakers bring the Harvard Computers’ story to the screen.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Culture in the Cold War
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
A Gate of Whimsy
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
by Jacob Sweet
Attention to Detail
Nicholas Callaway publishes the Sistine Chapel in closeup.
by Lydialyle Gibson
A Lone Star Saga
Fiction about “the power that comes to us when we uncloset ourselves”
by Lydialyle Gibson