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.

What of the Humble Pencil?

Review: At the Harvard Art Museums’ new exhibit, drawing takes center stage

by Olivia Farrar

The Dignity of Refugees in Helen Zughaib’s Painting

The Lebanese-American painter depicts people who pay the price of war. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Gallery Talk: The Presidential Portrait

Curator Ethan Lasser invites museum visitors to critically evaluate how our nation’s leaders are depicted in art. 

by Oset Babür

This Singer sewing machine has many facets

The multifaceted global and interdisciplinary impact of a useful object

Harvard Film Archive

Hidden gem: the Harvard Film Archive

by Nell Porter-Brown

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

Celebrating distinguished authors and artists

Documenting refugees fleeing war to seek safety in Europe

A Nieman Fellow documents the perilous passage of refugees fleeing war to seek safety in Europe.

by Maciek Nabrdalik

Writers Dick Friedman, Spencer Lenfield, and illustrator Brad Yeo honored

Honoring two exceptional authors and one artist

Doris Salcedo gives form to tragedy at Harvard's "The Materiality of Mourning"

A powerful exhibit opens at the Harvard Art Museums.

by Sophia Nguyen

"I once knew a girl": Carrie Mae Weems at Harvard's Cooper Gallery

Viewing Carrie Mae Weems’s art—and hearing her voice—at the Hutchins Center’s Cooper Gallery

by Lily Scherlis

Harvard Business School Sculptures

At Harvard Business School, contemporary art moves outdoors.

by John S. Rosenberg