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.
Five Questions with Javier Ortega-Hernández
A professor of evolutionary biology on what shaped life more than 500 million years ago
A New Chapter for Harvard Arts
The Office for the Arts turns 50, and its longtime director steps down.
Bernini’s Model Masterpieces at the Harvard Art Museums
Thirteen sculptures from Gian Lorenzo Bernini at Harvard Art Museums.
Harvard Portraitist Nina Skov Jensen Paints Celebrities and Princesses
Nina Skov Jensen ’25, portraitist for collectors and the princess of Denmark.
Off the Shelf
Nicholas Kristof reporting, why voting matters, becoming famous, and more in books
Dominica’s “Bouyon” Star
Musician “Shelly” Alfred’s indigenous Caribbean sound
The Harvard Ballerina and Physicist
Ballerina and quantum physicist Merritt Moore ’11 connects humans and machines.
In Egypt, Doors Closing
Leslie T. Change ’91 explores the lives of three women in the Egyptian textile industry.
Civil War American Writer and Abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier
Homes of the poet and abolitionist, whose verses were said to have inspired Abraham Lincoln.
LaToya M. Hobbs Exhibit "Carving Out Time" Debuts at Harvard Art Museums
A monumental exhibit of woodblock prints from the Harvard Art Museums
Pablo Picasso Exhibit Opens at Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums exhibit on depictions of combat and revolution