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’s Hiring Freeze Continues

University Leaders Say $1 Billion Per Year Is At Risk Due to Federal Actions

by Vivian W. Rong

Gymsuits, Pre-Spandex

Lest young ladies’ “tides” be deranged

by Sophia Nguyen

From Flowers to Race Cars

Cape Cod’s Heritage Museums & Gardens

by Nell Porter-Brown

Kevin Beasley at the ICA/Boston

Sculptures that resonate with what’s not there

by Nell Porter-Brown

Cinema Through Dualities

Wim Wenders delivers the final installment in the 2018 Norton Lectures on Cinema. 

by Sophia Nguyen

Visiting Hours

The portraits in Jack Lueders-Booth’s 40-year-old series feel even more vivid today.


by Olivia Schwob

“The Art, the Play, and the Rigor”

How flutist Claire Chase signals a key change for Harvard’s music department

by Lucy Caplan

Gloucester’s Beauport Mansion

A sprawling house museum celebrates decorative arts and the creative spirit of Henry Davis Sleeper.

by Nell Porter-Brown

A “Declaration of Love and Guts”

Works by T.C. Cannon at the Peabody Essex Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

Learning from Toys

The National Black Doll Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

Educational Improv

A theatre troupe aims for higher ed.

by Sophia Nguyen