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

Gregg Hurwitz

Slaying Dragons

A crime novelist explores the deepest cracks in the human heart.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Love Nest

The most romantic tent in town

by Christopher Reed

The Tall Book, by Arianne Cohen, describes the lives of tall people.

Arianne Cohen ’03 celebrates “life from on high” in a new book that discusses tall people's perspectives and prospects.

Agee as an aspiring writer at Harvard, cigarette and Dostoevsky's <em>The Posses

Vistas of Perfection

A profile of writer James Agee, at Harvard and beyond

by Adam Kirsch

Pardis Sabeti

Pardis Sabeti

For this systems biologist, the interaction of science and music is multiplicative.

Chasing Bogeys

A novel book on golf

George Martin Lane

Song for Hard Times

The classic folksong “One Meat Ball” got its start at Harvard.

Warrior Artists

Lakota drawings inspire a dramatic exhibition.

by Christopher Reed

Yucky Pollution, Shiny Pretty, 2001, Hilltop Children’s Center, Seattle. From <em>Can Poetry Save the Earth?</em>

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

A still from Olch’s film shows Richard Rogers at his editing console, watching footage of his mother

The Windmill Movie

Filmmaker Alexander Olch has made an biographical documentary based on footage left behind by his mentor, Richard Rogers.

by Craig Lambert