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.

Julie Riew, wearing a white dress, playing guitar and singing into a microphone on stage.

Bringing Korean Stories to Life

Composer Julia Riew writes the musicals she needed to see.

by Max J. Krupnick

a performance of Faye Driscoll's "Weathering," where ten figures are writhing around a rotating platform

Faye Driscoll’s 'Weathering': An Immersive Performance on Survival and the Climate Crisis at ICA Boston

Exploring emotional connections and the climate crisis 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Theatrical performance of H.M.S. Pinafore with actors in sailor costumes and a pink dress.

Harvard’s Gilbert and Sullivan Players, Then and Now

Students adapt the operettas to changing times.

by Nina Pasquini

Liv Redpath performing onstage

Liv Redpath on “What You Can Say” Through Opera

Liv Redpath’s operatic trajectory

by Nina Pasquini

Robert Kraft lecturing

How Do Movies Use Music?

Producer Robert Kraft discusses cinematic audio.

by Max J. Krupnick

Rudy Pankow and Emilia Suárez

A Modern Yet Classic Shakespeare

The A.R.T. enlivens Romeo and Juliet.

by Max J. Krupnick

Madeline Benson singing at the piano, her face lit up on an otherwise dark stage

Broadway Director from Harvard Adapting Disney

Broadway music director Madeline Benson on art and collaboration

by Lydialyle Gibson

College students, one with a trump, another with an upright bass, gather around a piano with Dizzy Gillespie, who plays his trumpet while a student pianist also plays

A New Chapter for Harvard Arts

The Office for the Arts turns 50, and its longtime director steps down.

by Lydialyle Gibson

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Dominica’s “Bouyon” Star

Musician “Shelly” Alfred’s indigenous Caribbean sound

by Jose Alison Kentish

Moore dancing with the Universal Robotics robot

The Harvard Ballerina and Physicist

Ballerina and quantum physicist Merritt Moore ’11 connects humans and machines.

by Nina Pasquini

Vacationing with a Purpose

New England “summer camps” for adults

by Nell Porter-Brown