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

Events at Harvard and throughout Greater Boston in November and December

Events on and off campus during November and December

Harvard's Art Museums reopen in Renzo Piano building designed for teaching

Harvard’s Art Museums reopen, poised to fulfill their pedagogical purpose.

Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard's Washington, D.C., center, celebrates new spaces

Harvard’s Washington, D.C., humanities center enhances its community—and its intellectual reach

Harvard Library helps preserve Tibet’s literary heritage

Harvard Library helps preserve Tibet’s literary heritage.

by Francesca Annic...

Fall travel to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for history, art, biking

Fall travel to New England’s seacoast offers art, history, biking, and great restaurants

A Far Cry performs at the Gardner Museum

Boston’s chamber orchestra A Far Cry merges genres at the Gardner Museum.

Where Frederick Law Olmsted lived his last good years

The last home and private garden of Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of modern landscape architecture

by Nell Porter-Brown

The Harvard Museum of Natural History showcases Blaschka glass invertebrates

The Harvard Museum of Natural History showcases Blaschka glass invertebrates.

Harvard Art Museums’ director emeritus Seymour Slive dies at 93

Art historian Seymour Slive, Ar.D. ’14, dies at 93.