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.
Harvard Divinity School Sets New Priorities
After two years of turmoil, Dean Marla Frederick describes a more pluralistic future for the institution’s culture and curriculum.
American business embraces photography in the 1930s
Corporate culture embraces photography.
Alfred Alcorn's museum mystery books
Alfred Alcorn ’64 sets his Harvard-flavored murder mysteries in one of his favorite places: a museum. With audio from an interview with Alcorn.
Charlie Allen's art of home restoration
Charlie Allen makes period homes work for their owners. View images of his work.
Green architecture for a Kripalu addition.
The newest addition to a Berkshires yoga retreat melds with the landscape. View an image gallery.
Profile of literary agent Andrew Wylie
Andrew Wylie '70 runs a powerful literary agency that mixes hardball business and highbrow tastes. With audio from an interview with Wylie.
Updike papers at Houghton Library
Taking a look at the Houghton Library holdings
When print advertising shifted from black and white to color
As consumer products grew more colorful, so did the ads. View an image gallery.
Harvard Headlines: Books by Melvin Konner, Steven Shapin, and Thomas Bisson
Three recent reviews of books by Harvard-affiliated scholars (two faculty members and one alumnus).
New Yorker writer John McPhee's listener, Gordon Gund '61
A Paris Review article describes how renowned author John McPhee reads his drafts to his friend Gordon Gund ’61.
Articles on the urban plantscape; a prestigious math award; Commencement humor
Our news roundup includes articles on landscape architecture professor Peter del Tredici and mathematics professor John Tate, and Commencement humor from The Onion.