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.

The Latest In Harvard’s Fight with the Trump Administration

Back-and-forth reports on settlement talks, new accusations from the government, and a reshuffling of two federal compliance offices

by Lydialyle Gibson

Staging Memory

The A.R.T. adapts The Odyssey.

by Max J. Krupnick

Fresh Works by Young Maine Artists

Works by young artists at the Portland Museum of Art

by Nell Porter-Brown

The New Boston Athenaeum

Find “the joy of discovery and power of this unique place.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Music and Medicine

Toussaint Miller explores the healing power of art.


by Lydialyle Gibson

Works by Archaic Greek Poets Set to Music

Millennia-old Greek lyrics ring out again in twenty-first-century pop music.

by Craig Lambert

Leslie Jamison on Isolation, Empathy, and Selfhood

The essayist on isolation, empathy, and selfhood

by Nina Pasquini

Harvard Sculptor Justin Peyser on Finding Sanctuary

Probing the concepts of territory and sanctuary.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard's Faculty Room Is Remodeled

Reimagining an iconic space to reflect the Harvard community more comprehensively

by John S. Rosenberg

Gift of Munch Artworks

Transformative bequest left to the Harvard Art Museums

by Jonathan Shaw