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.
An intellectual history of the Cold War era
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
An innovative gate for Harvard Yard
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
by Jacob Sweet
A monumental book reveals a monumental work of art
Nicholas Callaway publishes the Sistine Chapel in closeup.
“Lone Stars”—an HLS grad’s semi-autobiographical debut novel
Fiction about “the power that comes to us when we uncloset ourselves”
“Some Kind of Heaven,” a documentary by Lance Oppenheim
Documentarian Lance Oppenheim explores life in The Villages.
by Alex Huls
Profile of Radhika Jones
Radhika Jones at the helm of Vanity Fair
How cartographers filled “empty” space with animals
The era of imaginative mapmaking
Greater Boston’s art-house cinemas: a status report
Greater Boston’s small cinemas strive to engage film-goers during the pandemic.
“This is Not a Gag,” MASS MoCA
Richard Nielsen: “This is Not a Gag,” at MASS MoCA
Photographer Morgan Smith's Images and Encounters at the Mexican Border
Photographer Morgan Smith ’60 documents life on the precarious precipice between Mexico and the United States.