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.

The True Cost of Grade Inflation at Harvard

How an abundance of A’s created “the most stressed-out world of all.”

by Lindsay Mitchell

Megan Amram, Twitter comedienne

LA comedy writer Megan Amram has mastered the form of the Twitter joke.

by Craig Lambert

William Stuntz, late Harvard law professor, on American criminal justice

America’s flawed criminal justice system

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Tommy Lee Jones named Harvard Arts Medalist

The actor, Class of 1969, will receive his award in April.

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's stolen paintings: images and facts

A slide show with facts about the works stolen from the Gardner museum in 1990.

Amir Building at Tel Aviv art museum designed by Preston Scott Cohen of the GSD

GSD's Preston Scott Cohen designed a new wing on the Tel Aviv art museum.

by Craig Lambert

Tyler Gibbons and Robin MacArthur record Vermont folk songs

A musical Vermont couple record local music collected decades ago.

by Craig Lambert

President, provost, protestor messages on Harvard libraries

The administration says reorganizations, and staff reductions, will support better user experiences and a stronger system.

The film "Raising Renee" has roots at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

The film Raising Renee is the product of a collaboration forged at the Radcliffe Institute.

by Pat Harrison

Composer John Austin debuts "Heloise and Abelard" opera at Harvard

Composer John Austin debuts his first opera at Memorial Church.

by Elizabeth C. Bloom