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 Artist Edward Gorey—and Pets—at Harvard

Winter exhibits at Houghton Library   

by Nell Porter-Brown

Tahmima Anam's "The Bones of Grace" excavates history and family

Tahmima Anam’s Bengal trilogy finds a resting place.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

In “Renga for Obama,” an exquisite corpse and a literary wake

Harvard Review editor Major Jackson, RI ’07, linked 200 poets in this verse tribute to the president.

by Sophia Nguyen

Terence Davies captures Emily Dickinson's life and spirit in "A Quiet Passion"

In his film A Quiet Passion, Terence Davies illuminates Emily Dickinson’s daily life and eternal poetry.

by Sophia Nguyen

Logic Is a Little Magazine That Asks Big Questions about the Tech Industry

Four alums foster Logic, a new magazine focusing on a complex tech world on fire.

by Oset Babür

Reality fiction: the delightful fullness of Elif Batuman's “The Idiot”

Elif Batuman’s novel The Idiot reflects on her Harvard freshman year.

by Madeleine Schwartz

Susan Cain foments the "Quiet Revolution."

Susan Cain foments the “Quiet Revolution.”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Kamensky, Caplan, MacGregor, and Sherman honored by Harvard Magazine

Celebrating distinguished authors and artists

Deidre Lynch on Jane Austen and loving literature

Deidre Lynch on the cult of Jane Austen and the complexities of loving literature

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

The Art of Protest

“It doesn’t even make sense to me that art and protest would be separate.”

by Lydialyle Gibson

“Presenting Jane," and a youthful summer for the New York School

A rediscovered short film, with new commentary by Jane Freilicher and John Ashbery ’49, Litt.D. ’01, gives a glimpse of the New York School's early days.

by Matthew Browne