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.

New Books from Harvard Authors

Bad Bunny, spider fears, healthcare policy, and more

by Gabriella Gage

Comedy with a Conscience

Jimmy Tingle’s political humor in a polarized era

by Craig Lambert

Finding the Movie

Screenwriter Julian Breece on “writing from the soul”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Stories of a Not-So-Distant War

Novelist V.V. Ganeshananthan on writing diasporic fiction

by Bailey Trela

The Harvard Forest Dioramas

Scenes of an ever-changing forest, in miniature

by Nancy Walecki

Fall River: Phoenix Rising?

“A good place to be pleasantly surprised”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Reframing American Art

Contextualized Spanish colonial works at the Harvard Art Museums

by Nell Porter-Brown

Making Art behind Bars

Formerly imprisoned artists discuss practice, community, and mass incarceration.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Adrian Piper to Receive Harvard Arts Medal

Spanning more than 50 years, the conceptual artist’s work explores race, class, gender, and identity.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Dumebi Menakaya Shoots Secrecy

The photographer takes self-portraits—without photographing herself.

by Rebecca E. J. Cadenhead

American Stories, in Wood

Marquetry artist Alison Elizabeth Taylor at the Addison Gallery of American Art

by Nell Porter-Brown