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 Layoffs Continue, with More to Come

In the wake of federal government actions, several Harvard schools and institutes are cutting costs.

by Jonathan Shaw

Artistic Capital

In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value

by Samantha Culp

Looking at the Cosmos through a Feminine Lens

Anna Von Mertens depicts the findings of female astronomers using quilts and drawings.

by Oset Babür

Shaina Taub Shares Suffragists in Song

A seventy-fifth Schlesinger Library anniversary celebration

by Lydialyle Gibson

The Juggler’s Tale

A Dumbarton Oaks exhibition connects “an enchanted past” to the human condition.

by Sophia Nguyen

Creative Gifts

Boston’s open studios, holiday craft fairs, and more

by Nell Porter-Brown

Darkness Visible

Opera director Sarah Meyers doesn’t want you to notice everything.

by Jennifer Gersten

Medicine Minus Mythmaking

Two Harvard doctors on William Carlos Williams

Coming Apart Together

The propulsive intensity of Shane McCrae’s poetry

by Lydialyle Gibson

The Weight of Scale

Questions about how societies conceptualize, perceive, and interpret scale.

The Devil and Philip Johnson

A “star-chitect” as P.T. Barnum

by Spencer Lee Lenfield