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

Reviews are in for the ART’s controversial production of Porgy and Bess

Audra McDonald shines in the ART’s controversial production.

Harvard Archives launches website on Harvard in the 17th and 18th centuries

A new Archives website offers today's undergraduates a useful perspective on Harvard homework, and life, in the old days.

by Christopher Reed

Seamus Heaney introduces an anniversary album

Seamus Heaney introduces an anniversary album.

<i>Lawrence School Garden</i>

David Fichter talks about mural painting

David Fichter explains his mega-paintings in this video.

Reading at Harvard, and in ancient Rome

Reading at the College, and in ancient Rome

by Madeleine Schwartz

Charlies Kitchen

Harvard Square restaurants that have stood the test of time

Harvard Square restaurants that have stood the test of time.

by Nell Porter-Brown

The Square has always attracted those who want to shop, eat, gawk, and play.

25 years in Harvard Square

An iconic space reflects history’s recent trends.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Edward Steinfeld reviews Ezra Vogel’s new biography of China's Deng Xiaopeng

Ezra Vogel’s monumental biography of Deng Xiaopeng, the doctrinaire pragmatist who modernized China.

The Saratoga Avenue Community Center in Brooklyn

Brooklyn's Saratoga community center

A much admired community center in Brooklyn, designed by George Ranalli.

by Tom Vinciguerra

Using pencils, science illustrator Jenny Keller drew this basilisk lizard from a captive specimen. From <i>Field Notes on Science and Nature</i>

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections.