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

“Building No. 15, 4th Road in Jiu Xian Qiao” (built mid 1950s, photographed in 2005).

In photographs by Wang Di and Xing Danwen, Beijing as "urban utopia"

Two Beijing photographers interpret China's breakneck change from Communist revolution to market-based consumerism.

by John S. Rosenberg

Inside the National Security Agency’s Threat Operations Center in January 2006, following President George W. Bush’s speech to employees prior to the U.S. Senate hearings on domestic surveillance

Excerpt from "Because It Is Wrong," by Charles and Gregory Fried

Father and son, lawyer and philosopher debate torture, surveillance, and presidential power

by Charles Fried , Gregory Fried

The view on Prescott Street, east of the Fogg, following demolition of Werner Otto Hall

Update on Fogg Art Museum renovation

Gutting the Fogg Art Museum on the way to renovating it

Farlow Library exhibit on deadly Amanita mushrooms and mycological illustration

The Farlow Library's new online exhibits highlight the death cap mushroom and mycological illustration.

by Christopher Reed

Personal stories teach about HIV in a new book by Max Essex and Unity Dow

In a new book, Max Essex and Unity Dow use stories to illuminate the science of HIV.

Video: Learn about painter George Oommen's distinctive dripping technique

This video, shot in the studio of painter George Oommen, explores Oommen's distinctive dripping technique.

Joe Flood ’04 writes about "The Fires" that nearly claimed New York City

In a new book, Joe Flood ’04 tells the story of the epidemic of fires that ravaged New York City in the 1970s.

David Edwards's New Book "The Lab: Creativity and Culture"

The Lab: Creativity and Culture sets forth a vision of multidisciplinary innovation.

Literary agent Andrew Wylie launches e-book venture

The literary agent's plan to produce e-books and sell them via amazon.com causes a stir in the publishing world.

Edward Kohn's "Hot Time in the Old Town" Recalls the New York Heat Wave of 1896

Edward Kohn ’90, a historian at Bilkent University, shows how the crisis influenced the political careers of Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan.