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

Film director Mustapha Khan near his home and studio, in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge

Rocksteady film by director Mustapha Khan

Rocksteady, a film directed by Mustapha Khan '84, explores the culture of stock car races.

by Steve Potter

Jonathan L. Walton

Harvard’s new Memorial Church minister, Jonathan Walton, and other newsmakers

Memorial Church's new minister, Pulitzer Prize winners, and other Harvardians in the news

For 15 years, William Francis Gibbs greeted the SS <i>United States</i> every time the liner he had designed arrived in New York City.

Naval architect William Francis Gibbs, designer of the SS United States

Brief life of America’s greatest naval architect: 1886-1967

by Steven Ujifusa

Study of a Red and Yellow Macaw <i>(Macrocercus aracanga),</i> now known as Scarlet Macaw <i>(Ara macao).</i> Watercolor over graphite on paper.

Harvard exhibits bicentennial Edward Lear animal art

A bicentennial exhibition features the little-known, masterful animal artistry of Edward Lear.

by Christopher Reed

Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson urge compromise in U.S. politics

Continuous campaigning and gridlocked governing in American politics

by Amy Gutmann , Dennis Thompson

<i>Porgy and Bess</i> ensemble members Nathaniel Stampley (on left) and Alicia Hall Moran sang "Bess You Is My Woman Now," outside the Science Center during the production’s run at the ART.

The 2012 Tony Awards honor Harvard-connected shows, performers, and actor

Two shows developed at the American Repertory Theater win awards.

Preston Scott Cohen

Preston Scott Cohen's glass canopy in New York City wins rave reviews

Architect Preston Scott Cohen's glass canopy above a Manhattan Street attracts notice.

Radcliffe fellow Trethewey named poet laureate

Natasha Trethewey was a 2001 Radcliffe Institute Fellow.

The poster from the 2012 Record Hospital Fest

History and future of WHRB's "Record Hospital" rock show

The "Record Hospital" student-run radio show educates students in rock music, past and present.

by Madeleine Schwartz

Seamus Heaney

The choral version of Seamus Heaney's anniversary poem debuts at Commencement

Seamus Heaney's 1986 Harvard poem, set to music