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
Celebrating Cinema
Hidden gem: the Harvard Film Archive
by Nell Porter-Brown
A New Portrait of “Jackie”
The screenplay, by Today Show producer Noah Oppenheim ’00, traces how the Camelot myth was made.
by Sophia Nguyen
The Art of Protest
“It doesn’t even make sense to me that art and protest would be separate.”
by Lydialyle Gibson
Congratulations, Contributors
Honoring two exceptional authors and one artist
Doris Salcedo Gives Form to Tragedy
A powerful exhibit opens at the Harvard Art Museums.
by Sophia Nguyen
“Presenting Jane” at Harvard
A rediscovered short film, with new commentary by Jane Freilicher and John Ashbery ’49, Litt.D. ’01, gives a glimpse of the New York School's early days.
by Matthew Browne
“Getting Out of the Way of the Work”
Viewing Carrie Mae Weems’s art—and hearing her voice—at the Hutchins Center’s Cooper Gallery
by Lily Scherlis
A Welcome Change
In her “lecture-performance,” playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith practiced and preached “Radical Hospitality.”
by Matthew Browne
World Music 2.0
In Uproot, Jace Clayton ’97 explores technological trends in music around the globe.
by Lara Pellegrinelli
“Going Aboard?”
Herman Melville’s epic is “brought to life” in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
by Evander Price