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 couple sitting at a park overlooking the ocean

Your Guide to Summer 2025 Along Boston Harbor

Enjoying Boston Harbor’s Renaissance this summer

by Nell Porter-Brown

Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Holodomor Memorial

Wheat and War in Ukraine

A Harvard graduate’s design of the newly relevant Holodomor Memorial in Washington, D.C.

by Isabel Mehta

Seafaring America

Visiting Mystic, Connecticut

by Craig Lambert

The seven 2022 Harvard Horzions scholars

Harvard Horizons Spotlights Seven Scholars

Ph.D. students discuss subjects from aliens to infrastructural aesthetics.

by Jacob Sweet

Reginald Dwayne Betts seated in front of a black background

An Obligation to Dignity

Poet and lawyer—and MacArthur “genius”—Reginald Dwayne Betts on art and imprisonment

by Lydialyle Gibson

Giant cartoonish elephant sculpture of Dr. Suess character Horton

The Places You’ll Go

Art, science, sports—and fanciful holiday lights—in the Connecticut River Valley 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Aerial view of historic downtown New Bedford buildings

New Bedford

Exploring the coastal fishing hub’s history, architecture, parks, and arts scene

by Nell Porter-Brown

Photograph of the world's first net-zero Victorian passive house

A Net-Zero-Energy Victorian Home Makes History

HBS alumna Betsy Harper develops the first net-zero-energy, Victorian “passive house” in the world.  

by Kristina DeMichele

Solomon Gate in an open position.

An innovative gate for Harvard Yard

At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard

by Jacob Sweet

Majestic twentieth-century stone castle perched on Gloucester coastline

Hammond Castle Museum

Gothic surroundings, spiritualism, and science: Hammond Castle Museum’s eclectic appeal

by Nell Porter-Brown

Gifts for the arts

Holiday gifts that support the arts

by Nell Porter-Brown