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.

Is the Constitution Broken?

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

by Lydialyle Gibson

Filmmaker William Kentridge explains how the Enlightenment led to colonialism

Filmmaker William Kentridge explains in his second Norton Lecture.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Colorful Realm Japanese painting exhibit opens at National Gallery

Yukio Lippit curates Colorful Realm exhibit at National Gallery

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Losing Control, by Valerie Weiss, Ph.D. ’01, takes place at Harvard

A new film by Valerie Weiss, Ph.D. ’01, set at Harvard

Derek Bok, Kay Ryan at the 2012 Harvard Phi Beta Kappa exercises

Derek Bok and Kay Ryan featured at the 2012 Phi Beta Kappa exercises

Jasanoff, Pearlman, Silvers win National Book Critics Circle honors

Harvard affiliates Jasanoff, Pearlman, Silvers recognized

Excerpt from "The Great Divergence" by Timothy Noah

Excerpt from The Great Divergence by Timothy Noah ’80

Lady Gaga launches the Born This Way Foundation at Harvard

A star-studded panel celebrates the launch of the Born This Way Foundation.

Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory version of Ibsen play to become a Demme film

Their version of Ibsen's The Master Builder will become a film.

Yukio Lippit video on 18th-century Japanese painter Itō Jakuchū

In a video interview, Yukio Lippit explains the beauty of Japanese paintings displayed in the Cherry Blossom Festival centennial exhibit.