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.

Is the Constitution Broken?

Harvard legal scholars debate the state of our founding national document.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Edward S. Steinfeld reviews Ezra Vogel’s “China and Japan: Facing History”

The parallel, perilous, histories of China and Japan

Historic New England’s Eustis Estate

Historic New England’s Eustis Estate

by Nell Porter-Brown

Kay Kenny’s nighttime photographs at the Griffin Museum

Photographer Kay Kenny’s work illuminates the night.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Alexander Rehding in brief

The Peabody professor of music, in brief

by Jacob Sweet

Choreographer Wendy Jehlen’s “dance diplomacy”

Choreographer Wendy Jehlen’s “dance diplomacy”

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Excerpt from Suzanne Preston Blier, “Picasso’s ‘Demoiselles’”

A Harvard scholar presents the “untold origins of a modern masterpiece.”

Pink Martini bandleader Thomas Lauderdale brings people together

Pink Martini bandleader Thomas Lauderdale is at his best bringing people together.

by Jacob Sweet

Harvard ART Allston architect named

U.K.-based Haworth Tompkins to design its first U.S. building

by John S. Rosenberg

The Work of Art

At a seminal conference, black creative intellectuals explore white supremacy, the arts, and justice. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Nieman Fellow Eliza Griswold Wins Pulitzer Prize

Her book Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America is the choice in general nonfiction.  

by Jacob Sweet