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.
Pony Plunges
Scrapbooking a woman who rode horses into the sea
by Max J. Krupnick
How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic
Fall semester interrupted, a century ago
by Matteo Wong
Orchestrating Attention: “The Most Substantive Work You Can Do”
Artist Jenny Odell speaks at the Graduate School of Design Class Day ceremony.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Transforming Portraiture and the World
Alumnus-commissioned paintings of global luminaries are now a landmark gift to the National Portrait Gallery.
by Julia Ostmann
An Amazon Artist
Botanical bounty at Dumbarton Oaks
by John S. Rosenberg
At Home with Harvard: Night at the Museum
Our favorite stories about Harvard’s rich museums and collections
Danish Realism, and the Reality of the Flesh
Images that help unveil the truth of what we can see
by Nell Porter-Brown
A Sweeping Exhibit Spans 250 Years of Japanese Art
Paintings from the Edo period convey “a powerful sense of there-ness.”
by Lydialyle Gibson
Provincetown in the Off-Off Season
Just enough art, culture, terrific food, and lively conversation....
by Nell Porter-Brown
Shawon Kinew
Connecting European Old Masters with the new landscape of art history
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Romare Bearden
Brief life of a textured artist: 1911-1988
by Robert G. O'Meally