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.
Is the Constitution Broken?
Harvard legal scholars debate the state of our founding national document.
A Death in the Harvard Family: John Updike ’54, Litt.D. ’92
Noted author John Updike ’54, Litt.D. ’92, died of lung cancer on January 27 at the age of 76.
A Lover's Picnic
The late Stuart Cary Welch was a connoisseur of lovers’ picnics and the world of Persian and Indian art.
Storytelling Scholar
Marie Rutkoski blends sixteenth-century history with fantasy in The Cabinet of Wonders, a new novel for young adults.
Up in the Air
Aerial photographer Alex MacLean documents the effects of the American lifestyle on the American landscape.
by Paul Gleason
Before the Cocktail Napkin
In this excerpt from her new book, Michelangelo, Drawing, and the Invention of Architecture, Cammy Brothers discusses how the artist demonstrated the possibility for architecture to be a vehicle for the imagination equal to painting or sculpture.
Off the Shelf
An editorial sampling of recent books with Harvard connections
"Working Sisters"
Pan Tianshu reviews Leslie Chang's new book Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
by Pan Tianshu
Chapter & Verse
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
From Daguerreotype to Photoshop
Art historian Robin Kelsey examines photographs of all kinds to reveal what they say about human history, society, and culture.
Chiara String Quartet
The Chiara String Quartet are Harvard's current Blodgett Artists-in-Residence.