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

Library spaces for a digital era must cater to many audiences

Oxford’s Bodleian opens its new Weston Library.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Harvard exhibit traces explorers from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries

A new exhibit traces navigation by mariners from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

by Nell Porter-Brown

A new exhibit at the Concord Museum is curated Doris Kearns Goodwin

A new baseball exhibit at the Concord Museum is curated by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard’s collection of early American paintings

Harvard’s collection of early American paintings are mostly portraits, all men.

by Stephanie Garlock

“Cold Storage” documentary looks inside the libraries' Harvard Depository

A new documentary explores the three million feet of shelving at the Harvard Depository.

by Stephanie Garlock

Harvard Art Museums director departing

Just weeks after a gala reopening, the director announces plans to step down.

Harvard's African and African American art gallery opens

Another art museum opens—this one, a gallery for African and African-American Art.

by Sophia Nguyen

The Griffin Museum of Photography explores the Mississippi Delta and books

The Griffin Museum of Photography’s winter exhibits

Harvard Art Museums celebrates American Paintings at Harvard

Lecture celebrates the release of American Art at Harvard, Volume One