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.

A bronze sculpture of intertwined hands in a park, with a discussion panel in the foreground.

Is the Constitution Broken?

Harvard legal scholars debate the state of our founding national document.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Bernard at 21 and 71

Villa I Tatti presents an online exhibition on the Berensons' Harvard years

An online exhibit provides new insights into the art historians’ time at the University.

A view of the Graduate School of Design, where a select group of undergraduates will take classes this fall as part of a new architectural studies track

New undergraduate architectural studies track to be offered this fall

College and Design School team up to develop new track for budding architects.

A view of <i>Mollusks: Shelled Masters of the Marine Realm,</i> a new exhibition at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

Mollusks exhibition at Harvard Museum of Natural History is multifaceted

Mollusks of amazing diversity—some deadly—are on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.

by Christopher Reed

Mark Saltveit displays for the first (and last?) time the World Palindrome Championship trophy.

Palindromist Mark Saltveit, Yo-Yo Ma on Leon Kirchner, and a sleuthing architect

A World Palindrome Champion, a sleuthing architect, and Yo-Yo Ma on Leon Kirchner

Casa B’s living wall of greenery sets a homegrown tone in the lower dining room.

Restaurant review of Casa B in Union Square, Somerville

Review of Casa B restaurant in Union Square, Somerville

by Nell Porter-Brown

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Video-game artist Scott Duquette at his home in Providence, Rhode Island

Video game designer Scott Duquette of 38 Studios

Video-game designer Scott Duquette ’05, a new kind of urban planner

by Dan Barbarisi

Ben Cosgrove at the keyboard during a recent performance

Composer and musician Ben Cosgrove portrays place in "Yankee Division," a new CD

Composer Ben Cosgrove connects sound and place.

by David Rice

Charles Cushman’s America, in Kodachrome: Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1959 (above), and Newberry and Maxwell Streets, Chicago, 1950 (below, right)</p>

Books by Michael Sandel, Jill Lepore, Eric Sandweiss, Philip Warburg, and others

Recent books with Harvard connections

Getting them while they’re young: tiny cigarette packs, meant for children to incorporate into their play with dolls or toy soldiers

"Golden Holocaust," by Robert N. Proctor, advocates the abolition of cigarettes

Robert Proctor’s Golden Holocaust urges abolition of cigarettes, the leading preventable cause of death.