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.

Six women interact in a theatrical setting, one seated and being comforted by others.

A (Truly) Naked Take on Second-Wave Feminism

Playwright Bess Wohl’s Liberation opens on Broadway.

by Stuart Miller

Elisabeth Remy Johnson playing a harp on stage, wearing a blue dress, with stage lights softly glowing in the background.

Harvard Harpist Creates Album of Women's Compositions

Harpist Elisabeth Remy Johnson’s extended reach

by Lydialyle Gibson

Boston Camerata performing in 2022, with a conductor in front

The Boston Camerata Turns 70

Celebrating early music

by Nell Porter-Brown

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