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 drawing of a young boy reading by lamplight.

What of the Humble Pencil?

Review: At the Harvard Art Museums’ new exhibit, drawing takes center stage

by Olivia Farrar

Images from the Ballets Russes

Elegant photographs of dancing’s stars

by Nell Porter-Brown

A grinning woman in traditional Nigerian dress sits cross-legged on the floor surrounded by modern devices, including a power strip, a land-line telephone, and a desktop computer displaying on its screen a duplicate image of the entire montage.

Fatimah Tuggar at the Davis Museum

Fatimah Tuggar explores artisanship and technology, at the Davis Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

Hikers stand in Purgatory Chasm, near Worcester, Massachusetts

Exploring Worcester, Massachusetts, and Purgatory Chasm

Pleasures to explore in and around Worcester

by Nell Porter-Brown

A color-paper collage used by Edwin Land to develop an influential theory of color vision

“Visual Science” exhibit at Harvard

New Harvard exhibit explores “Visual Science: The Art of Research”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Kay Kenny’s nighttime photographs at the Griffin Museum

Photographer Kay Kenny’s work illuminates the night.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Historic New England’s Eustis Estate

Historic New England’s Eustis Estate

by Nell Porter-Brown

Clay—Modeling African Design exhibit

Pliable arts from across the continent

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Japan on Paper, Harvard Art Museums

Harvard’s enticing Japanese woodblock prints

by Nell Porter-Brown

“The Bauhaus and Harvard” exhibit at the Harvard Art Museums

Exploring the Bauhaus and Harvard

by Lily Scherlis

Calderwood Courtyard centers Harvard Art Museums

A tribute to the art museums’ Calderwood Courtyard

by John S. Rosenberg