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 group of elegantly dressed individuals poses near a parade trolley, smiling and celebrating.

Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Honors Rose Byrne

The Bridesmaids actress celebrated her 2026 Woman of the Year Award with a roast and a parade.

by Schuyler Velasco , Kate Kaufman

College students, one with a trump, another with an upright bass, gather around a piano with Dizzy Gillespie, who plays his trumpet while a student pianist also plays

A New Chapter for Harvard Arts

The Office for the Arts turns 50, and its longtime director steps down.

by Lydialyle Gibson

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Dominica’s “Bouyon” Star

Musician “Shelly” Alfred’s indigenous Caribbean sound

by Jose Alison Kentish

Moore dancing with the Universal Robotics robot

The Harvard Ballerina and Physicist

Ballerina and quantum physicist Merritt Moore ’11 connects humans and machines.

by Nina Pasquini

Vacationing with a Purpose

New England “summer camps” for adults

by Nell Porter-Brown

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Spellbound on Stage

Actor and young adult novelist Aislinn Brophy

by Lydialyle Gibson

Wintry Portsmouth at sunset

No Sleepy Coastal Town

Visiting Portsmouth in winter

by Nell Porter-Brown

A woman with a backpack and a cup of coffee in a forest with fake snow and a small horse-drawn wagon.

Behind the Scenes

The quirky surrealism of production designer Sue Chan

by Stuart Miller

Reviving Black Classical Music

Pianist Gerry Bryant highlights black composers.

by Max J. Krupnick

Jason Bowen and Kelley Curran in The Half-God of Rainfall at American Repertory Theater

#MeToo Meets Mt. Olympus

A new play at the A.R.T. provides a modern take on ancient mythologies   

by Max J. Krupnick

Anwar Floyd-Pruitt standing off a red, white, and blue mural he painted after George Floyd’s death. Floyd's right hand is bandaged after he was attacked while painting the mural.

Getting His Reps in

Anwar Floyd-Pruitt’s wildly profuse art

by Lydialyle Gibson