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.

What of the Humble Pencil?

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

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard Portrait: Shawon Kinew

Connecting European Old Masters with the new landscape of art history 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Romare Bearden profiled by Robert G. O'Meally

Brief life of a textured artist: 1911-1988

by Robert G. O'Meally

Performance artist and activist Lena Chen

Lena Chen transforms trauma into art and performance.

by Mathilde Montpetit

At the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton: artists reflect on the opioid crisis

Revealing sculptures at the Fuller Craft Museum, in Brockton

by Nell Porter-Brown

Images from the Ballets Russes

Elegant photographs of dancing’s stars

by Nell Porter-Brown

Fatimah Tuggar at the Davis Museum

Fatimah Tuggar explores artisanship and technology, at the Davis Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

In Somerville, Bow Market’s unique vibe

Somerville’s Bow Market makes its mark.

by Nell Porter-Brown

The ArtLab Debuts

The ArtLab debuts.

by Lydialyle Gibson

“Visual Science” exhibit at Harvard

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

by Nell Porter-Brown